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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 Aldervale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Aldervale 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 Aldervale:
- 45.768442, -123.844299
- 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 Aldervale
- 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 Tillamook County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tillamook County
- Since Aldervale is near Clatsop County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clatsop County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Aldervale
Curious and Interesting Names Near Aldervale ...
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.
- Cannon Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cannon Beach Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Elsie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elsie is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsie
- Hamlet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hamlet is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Rockaway Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Salmonberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Salmonberry is located in Tillamook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmonberry
- Saltair ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saltair is located in Tillamook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltair
- Twin Rocks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Twin Rocks is located in Tillamook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rocks
How Far From Aldervale 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 Aldervale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Aldervale and extending to:
- Tillamook, which is the Seat of Tillamook County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Aldervale to Tillamook, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 69 miles [111 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,400 miles [3,862.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 137 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,916 miles [11,130.2 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 7,677 miles [12,354.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,805 miles [9,342.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Aldervale) 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 Aldervale 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 Aldervale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7684, Longitude: -123.8443 In this case, the coordinates for Aldervale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 342.038 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.697 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.869 degrees. |
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