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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).
When in Knik - Fairview, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Knik - Fairview 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 Knik - Fairview:
- 61.54078, -149.59373
- 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 Knik - Fairview
- 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 Knik - Fairview
Curious and Interesting Names Near Knik - Fairview ...
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.
- Big Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Birchwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Farm Loop
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Knik
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knik
- Meadow Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Nancy Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peters Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Knik - Fairview 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 Knik - Fairview to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Knik - Fairview and extending to:
- Juneau, which is the State Capital of Alaska, lies 569 miles [915.7 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Knik - Fairview to Juneau, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 33 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 23 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 3,345 miles [5,383.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 7 days, a buggy would take 131 days and walking would take 190 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,979 miles [9,622.3 km] and it lies to the north (N).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,676 miles [10,744 km] and it lies to the north (N).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,215 miles [8,392.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Knik - Fairview) 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 Knik - Fairview to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 4.111 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 8.824 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 346.295 degrees. |
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