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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 Palisades Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Palisades Corner 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 Palisades Corner:
- 43.975164, -116.912656
- 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 Palisades Corner
- 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 Payette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Payette County
- Since Palisades Corner is near Malheur County and also Canyon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Malheur County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Canyon 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 Palisades Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Palisades Corner ...
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.
- Apple Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Apple Valley is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Valley
- Cairo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cairo is located in Malheur County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Crystal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Crystal is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Fruitland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gayway Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gayway Corner is located in Payette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayway Corner
- Little Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Little Rock is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Rookstool Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rookstool Corner is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rookstool Corner
- Sand Hollow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Hollow is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hollow
How Far From Palisades Corner 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 Palisades Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Palisades Corner and extending to:
- Payette, which is the Seat of Payette County, lies just to the North.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Palisades Corner to Boise, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,073 miles [3,336.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 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 6,911 miles [11,122.2 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 7,679 miles [12,358.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,722 miles [9,208.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Palisades Corner) 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 Palisades Corner 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 Palisades Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9752, Longitude: -116.9127 In this case, the coordinates for Palisades Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.209 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.774 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.557 degrees. |
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