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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 North Lapwai, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Lapwai 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 North Lapwai:
- 46.444795, -116.836006
- 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 North Lapwai
- 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 North Lapwai is near Latah County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Latah 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 North Lapwai
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Lapwai ...
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.
- Arrow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arrow is located in Nez Perce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow
- Cherrylane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Culdesac
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forebay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Forebay is located in Nez Perce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forebay
- Gurney
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gurney is located in Nez Perce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
- Joseph
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Joseph is located in Nez Perce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph
- Slickpoo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Snow ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Snow is located in Nez Perce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow
- Sweetwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Transfer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Transfer is located in Nez Perce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transfer
- Vineland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Vineland is located in Asotin County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
How Far From North Lapwai 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 North Lapwai to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Lapwai and extending to:
- Lewiston, which is the Seat of Nez Perce County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 197 miles [317 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from North Lapwai to Boise, with an average speed<3>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 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,063 miles [3,320.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 118 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,753 miles [10,867.9 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 7,521 miles [12,103.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,581 miles [8,981.7 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 '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- North Lapwai) 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 North Lapwai 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 North Lapwai. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4448, Longitude: -116.8360 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.304 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.055 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.304 degrees. |
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