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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 Biddle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Biddle 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 Biddle:
    • 46.132887, -123.660691
    • 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 Biddle
  • 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 Clatsop County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clatsop County
    • Since Biddle is near Wahkiakum County and also Pacific County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wahkiakum County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pacific 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 Biddle

Communities Also Named Biddle ...

We found six communities that are also named Biddle.

Within Oregon, the name Biddle is unique.

Beyond Oregon, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski County
      • This Biddle is located in Pulaski County and lies 1,813 miles [2,917.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Biddle that is located in Clatsop County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Biddle.
    • Kentucky
      • Scott County
      • This Biddle is located in Scott County and lies 2,045 miles [3,291.1 km]<1> to the east of the Biddle that is located in Clatsop County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Biddle.
    • Montana
      • Powder River County
      • This Biddle is located in Powder River County and lies 885 miles [1,424.3 km]<1> to the east of the Biddle that is located in Clatsop County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Powder River County community of Biddle.
    • Ohio
      • Crawford County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Biddle [Crawford County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland 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 Pennsylvania community of Biddle [Westmoreland County].
    • South Carolina
      • Fairfield County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Biddle [Fairfield County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Biddle ...

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.

  • Deep River
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Deep River is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
  • Eden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Eden is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Fern Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Fern Hill is located in Clatsop County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hill
  • Kerry
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Kerry is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerry
  • Miles Crossing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Miles Crossing is located in Clatsop County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Crossing
  • Navy Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Navy Heights is located in Clatsop County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navy Heights
  • Sleepy Hollow
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sleepy Hollow is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
  • Sunset Beach
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Sunset Beach is located in Clatsop County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
  • Surf Pines
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Surf Pines is located in Clatsop County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surf Pines
  • Tongue Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tongue Point is located in Clatsop County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tongue Point
  • Tongue Point Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Tongue Point Village is located in Clatsop County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tongue Point Village
  • Uniontown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Uniontown is located in Clatsop County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown

How Far From Biddle 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 Biddle 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 community of Biddle once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Biddle and extending to:

  • Astoria, which is the Seat of Clatsop County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Biddle to Salem, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,389 miles [3,844.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,890 miles [11,088.4 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 7,651 miles [12,313.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,779 miles [9,300.4 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 from Point A (ie- Biddle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Biddle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Biddle 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 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 Biddle 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 Biddle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1329, Longitude: -123.6607       In this case, the coordinates for Biddle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.904 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.557 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.729 degrees.