|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Urie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Urie 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 Urie:
- 41.316062, -110.336268
- 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 Urie
- 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 Uinta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Uinta County
- Since Urie is near Lincoln County and also Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater 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 Urie
Curious and Interesting Names Near Urie ...
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.
- Antelope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Antelope is located in Uinta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
- Aspen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Aspen is located in Uinta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen
- Burntfork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burntfork is located in Sweetwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntfork
- Carter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carter is located in Uinta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
- Lonetree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rocky Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Crossing is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Crossing
- Spring Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley is located in Uinta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
How Far From Urie 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 Urie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Urie and extending to:
- Evanston, which is the Seat of Uinta County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Urie to Evanston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 287 miles [461.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,755 miles [2,824.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 69 days and walking would take 100 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,926 miles [11,146.3 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 7,694 miles [12,382.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,666 miles [9,118.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Urie) 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 Urie 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 Urie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3161, Longitude: -110.3363 In this case, the coordinates for Urie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.757 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.161 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.82 degrees. |
|
|