Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Mexican Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mexican Place and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Mexican Place

• 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 Mexican Place:
  • 45.812658, -116.506533
  • 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 Mexican Place

• 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 Idaho County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Idaho County
  • Since Mexican Place is near Wallowa County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wallowa County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis 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 Mexican Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mexican Place ...

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.

• Copper ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Copper is located in Wallowa County (OR)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper
• Copperville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Copperville is located in Idaho County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperville
• Cottonwood
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Cottonwood is located in Idaho County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 977 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cottonwood <1>
• Joseph
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Joseph is located in Idaho County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph
• Parliament
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Parliament is located in Wallowa County (OR)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parliament
• Shells Lick
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Shells Lick is located in Idaho County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shells Lick
• Slate Creek
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Slate Creek is located in Idaho County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Creek
• Whipsaw Saddle
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Whipsaw Saddle is located in Idaho County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipsaw Saddle
• White Bird
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • White Bird is located in Idaho County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Bird
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Bird <1>

How Far From Mexican Place to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mexican Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mexican Place and extending to:

• Grangeville, which is the Seat of Idaho County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mexican Place to Grangeville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
• Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 152 miles [244.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,047 miles [3,294.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 117 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,787 miles [10,922.6 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 7,554 miles [12,157 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,607 miles [9,023.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'