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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 Teton Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Teton Village 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 Teton Village:
- 43.586312, -110.831031
- 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 Teton Village
- 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 Teton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Teton County
- Since Teton Village is near Teton County and also Bonneville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Teton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bonneville 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 Teton Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Teton Village ...
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.
- Beaver Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Creek is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Cache
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cache is located in Teton County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache
- Elk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Elk is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Fox Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kelly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Moose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- South Park is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
- Twin Forks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Forks is located in Teton County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Forks
- Two Forks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Two Forks is located in Teton County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Forks
How Far From Teton Village to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Teton Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Teton Village and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Teton County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Teton Village to Cheyenne, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 20 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,771 miles [2,850.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 101 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,801 miles [10,945.1 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 7,570 miles [12,182.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,560 miles [8,948 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Teton Village) 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 Teton Village 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 Teton Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5863, Longitude: -110.8310 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.326 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.031 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.891 degrees. |
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