Sentences with phrase «mere miles of»

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For those drawn by the outdoors, St. George is exactly where you'd place it if you had the choice: a mere 10 miles from Snow Canyon State Park, 45 minutes from Zion National Park, and three hours from the north rim of the Grand Canyon.

Online businesses, since they started seeing the light of day in mid-2000, have come a long way from being a mere marketplace to one that goes a step ahead in walking the last mile with a customer.

I've wrestled with a lot of questions related to science and faith, especially given my location a mere two miles from the famous Rhea County Courthouse where John Scopes was prosecuted for teaching evolution in a public school.

Thus, a mere 16 miles away from the site of modern Pentecostalism's American beginnings in 1906 at Azusa Street in downtown Los Angeles, an Episcopal church in the Van Nuys section of the city sparked a latter - day Pentecostal revival.

Adjacent to the city of Anaheim, California, Buena Park is a mere twenty miles from Los Angeles, ten miles from the beach, and only five miles from Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure Park.

The coolest growing region in all of California, as cited in a study by the University of Southern Oregon, the Edna Valley is a mere 5.4 miles from the Pacific Ocean.

The hotel is conveniently located near many of Washington, D.C.'s most popular destinations including The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a mere one mile walk to The White House and National Mall, and in the near vicinity to Georgetown shopping, George Washington University, Embassy Row and the picturesque Dupont Circle.

A mere 80 miles from San Diego lies the port city of Ensenada, a charming Mexican enclave that runs along 700 -LSB-...]

The favorite among my crew is the Xcelerator, on which riders rocket from 0 to 82 miles per hour in a mere 2.3 seconds, launching hundreds of feet into the air before immediately hurtling 90 degrees straight down.

On Miyake Farm in the town of Freeport — a mere 15 miles away from Portland — Chef Miyake raises and breeds a wide variety of livestock to supply his restaurants with the freshest products possible.

Though separated by mere miles, the mood of both our Arsenal and West Ham supporting locals couldn't barely be more different.

It may be trite to point out the different conditions at Manchester City's Eastlands from Droylsden, a mere couple of miles away but they are no less real for that.

But I'll probably hold out on buying a microdrone, because even the Draganflyer is a mere toy compared with what dozens of engineering teams at universities and companies around the world are hard at work on: miniature, autonomous, inexpensive aircraft that you or I could send flying miles to perform any of a wide range of tasks.

While its range encompasses hundreds of miles, spanning five national forests and two national parks, the livelihood and future survival of this federally threatened species may come down to mere centimeters.

On a 40 - mile stretch in New England, Acela (pronounced Ah - CELL - a) an odd combination of «acceleration» and «excellence «will speed up to 150 miles per hour, cutting the travel time between New York and Boston from four hours and 15 minutes to a mere three hours and 20 minutes.

The image, captured when Mars was just 50 million miles from Earth — a mere stone's throw away in the cosmic scale of things — shows russet Martian deserts pockmarked with craters and bright frosty polar caps shrouded, in some regions, in a thin haze of clouds.

Orbiting a mere 3,700 miles (6,000 kilometers) above the surface of Mars, Phobos is closer to its planet than any other moon in the solar system.

This 10 - mile trail offers a good workout — to the tune of 1,700 feet up in a mere 4 and a half miles.

The professions of my participants were also diverse and included a surgeon, career educators, social justice activists, a FEMA rep (perfectly timed with Hurricane Irma a mere 400 miles away), an international finance expert, a former department of justice employee, lawyers, an actor / film - maker and producer, an occupational therapist, and of course a an actor and yoga teacher.

Those of us willing to go the extra mile by steaming them 100 % of the time deserve some credit, but for the rest of us mere mortals, it is encouraging to know that we can enjoy them with butter, salt, and pepper in a cast - iron pan and still derive some benefits.

Why do Hirsch and Willingham's ideas have to travel across the Atlantic to get this kind of recognition when UVA is a mere 120 miles from Washington DC?

Musk also said the Tesla Semi can regain 400 miles of range from a mere 30 - minute charge — the same amount of time the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration mandates for a break in an eight - hour shift.

The road splits in Achnasheen, a mere 28 miles west of the distillery.

If you follow JeanKnowsCars on Twitter, you already know from a handful of sporadic posts that we were able to send in rare moments of cellular service that our lovely old 1955 Mercedes - Benz 300SL Gullwing had terminal engine failure a mere 50.4 miles from the start.

On the road that means focusing on your kids, or that big project at work, rather than being absorbed in the mere operation of your vehicle; on the rally stage the RAV4's wallflower demeanor leaves more mental space for nailing the details of more than 100 miles of treacherous, ever - changing off - road conditions — and the 350 - plus miles of open road transits that link them together.

The petrol - powered Mégane Trophy Andy Morgan ran on our fleet a couple of years ago had its first service at 18,000 miles, at a cost of # 188, yet our dCi 175 has just had its first service at a mere 12,000 miles with a bill of # 266.

This unique Shelby GT500, one of 29 finished in Ebony, has traveled a mere 5,111 actual miles from new.

Our test vehicle came with the four - speed, which provided respectable off - the - line performance, though a mileage rating of a mere 15 miles per gallon city; 17 mpg highway.

«If you can improve fuel economy by a mere 20 to 30 percent, that accounts for a lot of miles per gallon on a vehicle that only gets 20 mpg.»

Standard fuel consumption is a mere 4.2 liters per 100 km (56.00 US mpg), which translates into CO2 emissions of 110 g / km (177.03 g / mile), a new record low level in the sports car world.

Although not quite as electrically efficient as other entries on the list of electric cars, the Toyota RAV4 EV has a 103 - mile driving range and the ability to sprint from 0 - 60 in a mere 7 seconds.

Hennessey Performance Engineering — maker of some of the highest - performance Ford Mustangs and F - 150s available — has listed its quarter - mile dragstrip at the Lonestar Motorsports Park for sale for a mere $ 2.7 million.

As a matter of fact, the mere thought of seeing a car like the iQ on track conjures up images of turtles participating in a quarter - mile race.

Porsche claims that in a mere five minutes you get 100 km / 62 miles of range.

With a mere 4 miles on its speedometer, the seller claims the car comes with all of the required paperwork, accessories, booklets, and even a Demon car cover, leather bound owner's manual, and the laminated original window sticker.

He focuses on one, B95 (dubbed Moonbird by researchers), which he calls «one of the world's premiere athletes,» explaining that though «weighing a mere four ounces, he's flown more than 325,000 miles in his lifetime.»

For instance, just because you fly 1,504 miles from San Francisco to Austin doesn't mean that you have now earned enough miles for another trip; rather, the 1,500 - odd miles you just flew have earned you a mere fraction of what you'll need to book an award flight.

Points that can be redeemed for merchandise came in a distant second, with 23 percent naming them their a top reward choice, while a mere 13 percent of card users named airline miles as their preferred perk.

Job Description: Job Description: Faust Veterinary Hospital is a full service companion animal hospital located on east side of Slidell and just a mere 31 miles northeast of New Orleans.

The idyllic calm of Platis Gialos bay belies its proximity to Chora — also known as Mykonos Town — a mere five kilometres (three miles) from the Ambassador.

Just because the lush, seafront city of Alcudia is a mere 24 square miles (60 square kilometres) that has no bearing on how much this lovely port and ancient city on the island's nether region, can offer holiday makers.

The westernmost boundary of the park is in the western foothills of the Chugach Mountain Range and, amazing, is a mere seven miles -LSB-...]

When you collect points and miles you do it for the value, not for the mere pleasure of accumulating millions of them — although there is certainly some excitement when you see them piling up.

Another detour that we strongly recommended is a drive to Felton, a mere eight miles of meandering roads from Santa Cruz through the hills and redwoods.

This is a very specific award, but if you've been dreaming of experiencing the beauty of Bora - Bora or Moorea, you can fly Air France from Los Angeles to Tahiti for mere 60,000 miles per round trip.

The ibis Styles Louvaine La Neuve is a 3 - star hotel located in a quiet setting of lush greenery, a mere 0.6 miles (1 km) from the city center, the Uni...

Surfers Paradise — Often referred to as the Miami of Australia, Surfers combines all the lures of a skyscraper city with the added appeal of being a mere stone's throw from miles of sandy beaches.

In a mere 60 miles, this Highway 1 road trip delivers wonderful diversions and outrageous beauty along California's Central Coast, from an eclectic hotel to stunning views of a rugged coastline.

Points that can be redeemed for merchandise came in a distant second, with 23 percent naming them their a top reward choice, while a mere 13 percent of card users named airline miles as their preferred perk.

Sri Phala Resort & Villa is strategically located close to Sanur Beach on the south east side of the island, a mere minutes walk will bring you to white sand beaches and calm warm water protected by natural coral reef and a beach front walkway that you can stroll a long for miles.