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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 Fossil, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fossil 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 Fossil:
- 41.816056, -110.724066
- 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 Fossil
- 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 Fossil is near Rich County and also Uinta County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rich County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Uinta 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 Fossil
Communities Also Named Fossil ...
We found three communities that are also named Fossil.
There is one other community in Wyoming that is also named Fossil.
Beyond Wyoming, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Wyoming ...
- Uinta County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Fossil [Uinta County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Oregon
- Wheeler County
- This Fossil is located in Wheeler County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Fossil that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wheeler County community of Fossil.
- Tennessee
- Roane County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Fossil [Roane County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fossil ...
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.
- Cokeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Diamondville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Frontier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Opal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pixley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pixley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
- Sage
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sage is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
- Sage Creek ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sage Creek is located in Rich County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Creek
- Sage Creek Junction ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sage Creek Junction is located in Rich County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Creek Junction
How Far From Fossil 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 Fossil to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fossil and extending to:
- Kemmerer, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Fossil to Kemmerer, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 309 miles [497.3 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 1,772 miles [2,851.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,905 miles [11,112.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,674 miles [12,350.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,651 miles [9,094.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Fossil could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fossil) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Fossil 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 Fossil. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8161, Longitude: -110.7241 In this case, the coordinates for Fossil have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.104 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.613 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.001 degrees. |
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