Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Border Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Border Junction and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Border Junction

• Astronomy & Satellites ...
  • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
  • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Border Junction:
  • 42.213266, -111.042413
  • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
  • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Border Junction

• Bird Watching ...
  • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
  • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
  • Since Border Junction is near Bear Lake County and also Rich County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bear Lake County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rich County

• Waymarking ...
  • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Border Junction

Curious and Interesting Names Near Border Junction ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

• Border
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Border is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border
• Cokeville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Cokeville is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cokeville <1>
• Dingle
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Dingle is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingle
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dingle <1>
• Geneva
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Geneva is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geneva <1>
• Giveout
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Giveout is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giveout
• Harer
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Harer is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harer
• Pixley
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Pixley is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
• Raymond
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Raymond is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
• Turnpike
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Turnpike is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike

How Far From Border Junction to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Border Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Border Junction and extending to:

• Kemmerer, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Border Junction to Kemmerer, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 329 miles [529.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,786 miles [2,874.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 102 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,889 miles [11,086.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,658 miles [12,324.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,640 miles [9,076.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'