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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 Shirley Basin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shirley Basin 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 Shirley Basin:
- 42.29866, -106.203951
- 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 Shirley Basin
- 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
- Since Shirley Basin is near Albany County and also Converse County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Albany County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Converse 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 Shirley Basin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shirley Basin ...
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.
- Boxelder
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crimson Dawn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Crimson Dawn is located in Natrona County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crimson Dawn
- Leo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Leo is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Little Medicine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Little Medicine is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Medicine
- Medicine Bow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oil Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oil Springs is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Springs
- Paradise
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Reed Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Reed Place is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Place
How Far From Shirley Basin 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 Shirley Basin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Shirley Basin once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Shirley Basin and extending to:
- Rawlins, which is the Seat of Carbon County, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<3> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Shirley Basin to Rawlins, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 107 miles [172.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,539 miles [2,476.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 61 days and walking would take 88 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,759 miles [10,877.6 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 7,525 miles [12,110.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,476 miles [8,812.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Shirley Basin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Shirley Basin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Shirley Basin 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 Shirley Basin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2987, Longitude: -106.2040 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.659 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.629 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.345 degrees. |
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