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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 Riovista, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Riovista 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 Riovista:
- 41.552186, -109.512914
- 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 Riovista
- 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 Sweetwater County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sweetwater County
- Since Riovista is near Lincoln County and also Uinta County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Riovista
Communities Also Named Riovista ...
We found two communities that are also named Riovista.
Within Wyoming, the name Riovista is unique.
Beyond Wyoming, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- White 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 Arkansas community of Riovista [White County].
- Tennessee
- Carter County
- This Riovista is located in Carter County and lies 1,500 miles [2,414 km]<2> to the east of the Riovista that is located in Sweetwater County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Riovista.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Riovista ...
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.
- Bryan ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bryan is located in Sweetwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Green River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- James Town
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- James Town is located in Sweetwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Town
- Little America
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Peru
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Peru is located in Sweetwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Purple Sage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Purple Sage is located in Sweetwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purple Sage
- Reliance
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Riovista 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 Riovista to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Riovista and extending to:
- Green River, which is the Seat of Sweetwater County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Riovista to Cheyenne, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,711 miles [2,753.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 67 days and walking would take 98 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,891 miles [11,090 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 7,658 miles [12,324.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,626 miles [9,054.2 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Riovista 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Riovista) 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 Riovista 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 Riovista. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5522, Longitude: -109.5129 In this case, the coordinates for Riovista have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.138 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.455 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.323 degrees. |
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