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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 South Torrington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Torrington 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 South Torrington:
- 42.049687, -104.179395
- 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 South Torrington
- 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 Goshen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Goshen County
- Since South Torrington is near Furnas County and also Scotts Bluff County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Furnas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scotts Bluff 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 South Torrington
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Torrington ...
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.
- Goodland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Goodland is located in Goshen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland
- Hartman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hartman is located in Scotts Bluff County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartman
- Henry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Holly is located in Goshen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Joyce
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Joyce is located in Scotts Bluff County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce
- Roach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Roach is located in Scotts Bluff County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach
- Silver Tip
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Tip is located in Goshen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Tip
- Veteran
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From South Torrington to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as South Torrington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in South Torrington and extending to:
- Torrington, which is the Seat of Goshen County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from South Torrington to Cheyenne, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,436 miles [2,311 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 82 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,716 miles [10,808.4 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 7,480 miles [12,037.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,419 miles [8,721 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- South Torrington) 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 South Torrington 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 South Torrington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0497, Longitude: -104.1794 In this case, the coordinates for South Torrington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.114 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.804 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.237 degrees. |
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