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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 Walla Watta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walla Watta 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 Walla Watta:
- 35.586767, -76.873984
- 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 Walla Watta
- 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 Beaufort County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaufort County
- Since Walla Watta is near Washington County and also Pitt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pitt 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 Walla Watta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Walla Watta ...
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.
- Douglas Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas Crossroads is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Crossroads
- Everetts Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Everetts Crossroads is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts Crossroads
- Five Points
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Five Points is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Hall Swamp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hall Swamp is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Swamp
- Pinetown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pineygrove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pineygrove is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineygrove
- Rodmans Quarter
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rodmans Quarter is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodmans Quarter
- Slatestone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Slatestone is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatestone
How Far From Walla Watta 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 Walla Watta to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Walla Watta and extending to:
- Washington, which is the Seat of Beaufort County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Walla Watta to Washington, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 100 miles [160.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 228 miles [366.9 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,031 miles [9,706 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,720 miles [10,814.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,604 miles [7,409.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Walla Watta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Walla Watta 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 Walla Watta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5868, Longitude: -76.8740 In this case, the coordinates for Walla Watta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.961 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.017 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.865 degrees. |
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