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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 Agate Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Agate Beach 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 Agate Beach:
- 44.677339, -124.061784
- 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 Agate Beach
- 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Since Agate Beach is near Polk County and also Benton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton 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 Agate Beach
Communities Also Named Agate Beach ...
We found one communities that are also named Agate Beach.
Within Oregon, the name Agate Beach is unique.
Beyond Oregon, there is another community also named Agate Beach in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Washington
- Clallam County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Agate Beach [Clallam County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Agate Beach ...
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.
- Burpee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burpee is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burpee
- Elk City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elk City is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Forfar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Forfar is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forfar
- Fruitvale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fruitvale is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Holiday Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Holiday Beach is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Beach
- Moody
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moody is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Ocean Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ocean Park is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Park
- Otter Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oysterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oysterville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oysterville
- Pioneer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pioneer is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Sunnyridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyridge is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyridge
How Far From Agate Beach to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Agate Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Agate Beach and extending to:
- Newport, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies just to the South.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Agate Beach to Salem, with an average speed<4> 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 2,419 miles [3,893 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 95 days and walking would take 138 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,991 miles [11,250.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,752 miles [12,475.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,875 miles [9,454.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Agate Beach could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Agate Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Agate Beach 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 Agate Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6773, Longitude: -124.0618 In this case, the coordinates for Agate Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 342.156 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.788 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 329.064 degrees. |
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