Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bay City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bay City and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bay City
- 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 Bay City:
- 45.521624, -123.886250
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Bay City
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Tillamook County
- Since Bay City is near Clatsop County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Clatsop County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Bay City ...
We found ten communities that share the name Bay City.
Within Oregon, the name Bay City is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Florida
- Franklin County
- This Bay City is located in Franklin County and lies 2,356 miles [3,791.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Bay City that is located in Tillamook County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Bay City.
- Hernando County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bay City [Hernando County].
- Illinois
- Maryland
- Michigan
- North Carolina
- Texas
- Washington
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bay City ...
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.
- Beaver
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Beaver is located in Tillamook County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver <4>
- Blaine
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Blaine is located in Tillamook County
- Hemlock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Juno
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Oceanside
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oceanside have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanside
- Oceanside is located in Tillamook County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oceanside <4>
- Rockaway Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway Beach
- Rockaway Beach is located in Tillamook County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,436 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockaway Beach <4>
- Saltair ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Sandlake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Twin Rocks
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rocks
- Twin Rocks is located in Tillamook County
How Far From Bay City 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 city such as Bay City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bay City and extending to:
- Tillamook, which is the Seat of Tillamook County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Bay City to Salem, with an average speed<6> 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 2,404 miles [3,868.9 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 94 days and walking would take 137 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,933 miles [11,157.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,694 miles [12,382.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,821 miles [9,368 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bay City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Tillamook County: www.co.tillamook.or.us/
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bay City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bay City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bay City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5216, Longitude: -123.8863 In this case, the coordinates for Bay City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Bay City 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Bay City to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 342.059 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.711 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.91 degrees. |