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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 Pixley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pixley 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 Pixley:
- 42.002439, -110.948242
- 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 Pixley
- 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 Pixley 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 Pixley
Communities Also Named Pixley ...
We found three communities that are also named Pixley.
Within Wyoming, the name Pixley is unique.
Beyond Wyoming, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Tulare County
- This Pixley is located in Tulare County and lies 611 miles [983.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pixley that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Pixley.
- Kansas
- Barber County
- This Pixley is located in Barber County and lies 737 miles [1,186.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pixley that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barber County community of Pixley.
- Minnesota
- Martin 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 Minnesota community of Pixley [Martin County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pixley ...
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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Border is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border
- Border Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Border Junction is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border Junction
- Cokeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fossil
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fossil is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossil
- Harer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harer is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harer
- Raymond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Raymond is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Sage
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sage is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
- Sage Creek ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sage Creek is located in Rich County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Creek
- Sage Creek Junction ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sage Creek Junction is located in Rich County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Creek Junction
- Turnpike
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Turnpike is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike
How Far From Pixley 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 Pixley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pixley and extending to:
- Kemmerer, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pixley to Kemmerer, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 322 miles [518.2 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 1,782 miles [2,867.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,900 miles [11,104.5 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 7,668 miles [12,340.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,649 miles [9,091.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pixley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Pixley 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> | 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 Pixley 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 Pixley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0024, Longitude: -110.9482 In this case, the coordinates for Pixley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.295 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.854 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.116 degrees. |
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