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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 Aumsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Aumsville 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 Aumsville:
- 44.843965, -122.872552
- 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 Aumsville
- 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Since Aumsville is near Linn County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Linn County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 Aumsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Aumsville ...
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.
- Ale ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ale is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ale
- Durbin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Durbin is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Four Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fruitland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fruitland is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Marion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sublimity
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sunnyside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Young
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Young is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young
How Far From Aumsville 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 city such as Aumsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Aumsville and extending to:
- Salem, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Aumsville to Salem, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,360 miles [3,798.1 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 93 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,962 miles [11,204.3 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 7,725 miles [12,432.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,835 miles [9,390.5 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Aumsville) 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 Aumsville 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 Aumsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8440, Longitude: -122.8726 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.173 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.642 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.285 degrees. |
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