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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 Jerome, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jerome 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 Jerome:
    • 44.048315, -104.529955
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Jerome
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Jerome ...

We found 22 communities that share the name Jerome.

Within Wyoming, the name Jerome is unique.

Beyond Wyoming, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, 21 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Yavapai County
      • This Jerome is located in Yavapai County and lies 758 miles [1,219.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Jerome that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Jerome.
    • Arkansas
      • Drew County
      • This Jerome is located in Drew County and lies 1,015 miles [1,633.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Jerome that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Drew County community of Jerome.
    • California
      • Siskiyou County
      • This Jerome is located in Siskiyou County and lies 896 miles [1,442 km]<1> to the west of the Jerome that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Siskiyou County community of Jerome.
    • Florida
      • Collier County
      • This Jerome is located in Collier County and lies 1,796 miles [2,890.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Jerome that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collier County community of Jerome.
    • Georgia
      • Heard County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Jerome [Heard County].
    • Idaho
      • Jerome County
      • This Jerome is located in Jerome County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the west of the Jerome that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jerome County community of Jerome.
    • Illinois
      • Sangamon County
      • This Jerome is located in Sangamon County and lies 816 miles [1,313.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Jerome that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sangamon County community of Jerome.
    • Indiana
      • Howard County
      • This Jerome is located in Howard County and lies 980 miles [1,577.2 km]<1> to the east of the Jerome that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Jerome.
    • Iowa
      • Appanoose County
      • This Jerome is located in Appanoose County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Jerome that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Appanoose County community of Jerome.
    • Kansas
      • Atchison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Jerome [Atchison County].
      • Gove County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Jerome [Gove County].
      • Rawlins County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Jerome [Rawlins County].
    • Michigan
      • Hillsdale County
      • This Jerome is located in Hillsdale County and lies 1,019 miles [1,639.9 km]<1> to the east of the Jerome that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsdale County community of Jerome.
    • Missouri
      • Phelps County
      • This Jerome is located in Phelps County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Jerome that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phelps County community of Jerome.
    • North Carolina
      • Bladen County
      • This Jerome is located in Bladen County and lies 1,506 miles [2,423.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Jerome that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bladen County community of Jerome.
      • Johnston County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Jerome [Johnston County].
    • Ohio
      • Union County
      • This Jerome is located in Union County and lies 1,122 miles [1,805.7 km]<1> to the east of the Jerome that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Jerome.
    • Ontario
      • This Jerome lies 1,096 miles [1,763.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Jerome that is located in Weston County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Somerset County
      • This Jerome is located in Somerset County and lies 1,329 miles [2,138.8 km]<1> to the east of the Jerome that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Jerome.
    • Virginia
      • Shenandoah County
      • This Jerome is located in Shenandoah County and lies 1,376 miles [2,214.5 km]<1> to the east of the Jerome that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shenandoah County community of Jerome.
    • West Virginia
      • Morgan County
      • This Jerome is located in Morgan County and lies 1,370 miles [2,204.8 km]<1> to the east of the Jerome that is located in Weston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Jerome.
    • Wisconsin
      • Rusk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Jerome [Rusk County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jerome ...

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.

  • Clay Spur
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Spur
    • Clay Spur is located in Weston County
  • Four Corners
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Moon
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
    • Moon is located in Pennington County (SD)
  • Skull Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skull Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skull Creek
    • Skull Creek is located in Weston County
  • Sundance
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Willow Springs
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
    • Willow Springs is located in Crook County

How Far From Jerome 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 Jerome to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jerome and extending to:

  • Newcastle, which is the Seat of Weston County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Jerome to Newcastle, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 201 miles [323.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,458 miles [2,346.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 83 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,611 miles [10,639.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,377 miles [11,872.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,330 miles [8,577.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jerome. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Jerome) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jerome. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0483, Longitude: -104.5300       In this case, the coordinates for Jerome have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Jerome 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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.
<6>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 Jerome to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.504 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.472 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.143 degrees.









 

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