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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 Lewiston Orchards, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lewiston Orchards 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 Lewiston Orchards:
- 46.380440, -116.975432
- 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 Lewiston Orchards
- 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 Nez Perce County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nez Perce County
- Since Lewiston Orchards is near Asotin County and also Whitman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Asotin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitman 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 Lewiston Orchards
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lewiston Orchards ...
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.
- Forebay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Forebay is located in Nez Perce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forebay
- Gurney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gurney is located in Nez Perce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
- Highland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in Asotin County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Jerry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jerry is located in Asotin County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry
- Joseph
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Joseph is located in Nez Perce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph
- Sweetwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sweetwater is located in Nez Perce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Transfer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Transfer is located in Nez Perce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transfer
- Vineland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Vineland is located in Asotin County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
How Far From Lewiston Orchards 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 Lewiston Orchards to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lewiston Orchards and extending to:
- Lewiston, which is the Seat of Nez Perce County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Lewiston Orchards to Boise, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,069 miles [3,329.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 118 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,760 miles [10,879.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,527 miles [12,113.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,589 miles [8,994.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Lewiston Orchards) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Lewiston Orchards 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 Lewiston Orchards. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3804, Longitude: -116.9754 In this case, the coordinates for Lewiston Orchards have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.413 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.178 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.398 degrees. |
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