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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 Albee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Albee 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 Albee:
- 45.212634, -118.909151
- 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 Albee
- 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 Umatilla County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Umatilla County
- Since Albee is near Grant County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Albee
Communities Also Named Albee ...
We found one communities that are also named Albee.
Within Oregon, the name Albee is unique.
Beyond Oregon, there is another community also named Albee in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- South Dakota
- Grant County
- This Albee is located in Grant County and lies 1,085 miles [1,746.1 km]<1> to the east of the Albee that is located in Umatilla County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Albee.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Albee ...
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.
- Dale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Green Meadows
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Green Meadows is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Heck and Gone ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Heck and Gone is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heck and Gone
- Lena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lena is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Pilot Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Range
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Range is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Sparks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sparks is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
How Far From Albee 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 Albee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Albee once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Albee and extending to:
- Pendleton, which is the Seat of Umatilla County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Albee to Pendleton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 201 miles [323.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,165 miles [3,484.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 123 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,870 miles [11,056.2 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 7,637 miles [12,290.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,708 miles [9,186.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Albee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Albee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Albee 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 Albee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2126, Longitude: -118.9092 In this case, the coordinates for Albee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.921 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.857 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.722 degrees. |
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