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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 Weiser, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Weiser 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 Weiser:
- 44.251313, -116.968378
- 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 Weiser
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Weiser is near Malheur County and also Payette 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 Payette 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 Weiser
Curious and Interesting Names Near Weiser ...
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.
- Annex
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Annex is located in Malheur County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annex
- Cairo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cairo is located in Malheur County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Concrete
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Concrete is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concrete
- Crystal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Diamond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Fruitland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gayway Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gayway Corner is located in Payette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayway Corner
- Jonathan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jonathan is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonathan
- Rebecca
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rebecca is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca
How Far From Weiser 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 city such as Weiser to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Weiser and extending to:
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Weiser to Boise, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,074 miles [3,337.8 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 6,895 miles [11,096.4 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 7,662 miles [12,330.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,708 miles [9,186.1 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Weiser) 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 Weiser 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 Weiser. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2513, Longitude: -116.9684 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.274 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.869 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.572 degrees. |
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