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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Byrnes Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Byrnes Crossing and the surrounding area.
- 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 Byrnes Crossing:
- 41.281893, -110.638502
- 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 Byrnes Crossing
- 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 Uinta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Uinta County
- Since Byrnes Crossing is near Summit County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Summit County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Byrnes Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Byrnes Crossing ...
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.
- Antelope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Antelope is located in Uinta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
- Aspen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Aspen is located in Uinta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen
- Bear River
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bear River is located in Uinta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Beartown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beartown is located in Uinta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Carter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carter is located in Uinta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
- Mountain View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Uinta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Three Forks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Three Forks is located in Uinta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
How Far From Byrnes Crossing to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Byrnes Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Byrnes Crossing and extending to:
- Evanston, which is the Seat of Uinta County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Byrnes Crossing to Evanston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 302 miles [486 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 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,771 miles [2,850.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 101 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,936 miles [11,162.4 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 7,704 miles [12,398.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,677 miles [9,136.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Byrnes Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Byrnes Crossing to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Byrnes Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2819, Longitude: -110.6385 In this case, the coordinates for Byrnes Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.99 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.431 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.998 degrees. |
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