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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 Bagnell Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bagnell Ferry 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 Bagnell Ferry:
- 42.466498, -124.367880
- 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 Bagnell Ferry
- 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 Curry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Curry 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 Bagnell Ferry
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bagnell Ferry ...
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.
- Carpenterville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Carpenterville is located in Curry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenterville
- Denmark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Denmark is located in Curry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Gold Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harbor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hunter Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter Creek is located in Curry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Creek
- Plum Trees
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Plum Trees is located in Curry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Trees
- Sixes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
How Far From Bagnell Ferry to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bagnell Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bagnell Ferry and extending to:
- Gold Beach, which is the Seat of Curry County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Bagnell Ferry to Salem, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,458 miles [3,955.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 140 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,141 miles [11,492.3 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 7,903 miles [12,718.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,014 miles [9,678.6 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bagnell Ferry) 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 Bagnell Ferry 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 Bagnell Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4665, Longitude: -124.3679 In this case, the coordinates for Bagnell Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 342.266 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.825 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 329.34 degrees. |
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