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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 Teakean, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Teakean 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 Teakean:
- 46.551350, -116.378083
- 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 Teakean
- 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 Clearwater County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clearwater County
- Since Teakean is near Nez Perce County and also Latah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nez Perce County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Latah 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 Teakean
Curious and Interesting Names Near Teakean ...
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.
- Best Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Best Corner is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best Corner
- Big George
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Big George is located in Nez Perce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big George
- Blake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blake is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Bruce Eddy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bruce Eddy is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce Eddy
- Crescent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Crescent is located in Latah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Dent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dent is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dent
- Eugene
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eugene is located in Nez Perce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Five Corners ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- German Settlement
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- German Settlement is located in Nez Perce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Settlement
- Peck
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
How Far From Teakean 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 Teakean to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Teakean and extending to:
- Orofino, which is the Seat of Clearwater County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Teakean 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 2,041 miles [3,284.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 116 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,738 miles [10,843.8 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 7,505 miles [12,078.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,563 miles [8,952.8 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 from Point A (ie- Teakean) 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 Teakean 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 Teakean. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5513, Longitude: -116.3781 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.939 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.638 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.003 degrees. |
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