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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 Old McKeal Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old McKeal Place 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 Old McKeal Place:
- 41.588571, -106.959490
- 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 Old McKeal Place
- 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 Carbon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon 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 Old McKeal Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old McKeal Place ...
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.
- Coyote Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coyote Springs is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Springs
- Dana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dana is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Days
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Days is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days
- Elk Mountain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Encampment
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ivans Grove ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ivans Grove is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivans Grove
- Meads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meads is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meads
- Overland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Overland is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overland
- Tenmile
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tenmile is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
How Far From Old McKeal Place to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Old McKeal Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old McKeal Place and extending to:
- Rawlins, which is the Seat of Carbon County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Old McKeal Place to Rawlins, with an average speed<3> 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 115 miles [185.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,580 miles [2,542.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 62 days and walking would take 90 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,821 miles [10,977.3 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 7,587 miles [12,210.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,538 miles [8,912.5 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 '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- Old McKeal Place) 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 Old McKeal Place 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 Old McKeal Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5886, Longitude: -106.9595 In this case, the coordinates for Old McKeal Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.178 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.163 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.859 degrees. |
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