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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 Biggs Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Biggs Junction 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 Biggs Junction:
- 45.669846, -120.832841
- 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 Biggs Junction
- 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 Sherman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sherman County
- Since Biggs Junction is near Klickitat County and also Wasco County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Klickitat County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wasco 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 Biggs Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Biggs Junction ...
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.
- Centerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- English ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- English is located in Wasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Gooseneck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gooseneck is located in Klickitat County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseneck
- Lockit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lockit is located in Wasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockit
- Locust Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Grove is located in Sherman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Maryhill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Moody
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moody is located in Wasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Rufus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sinks ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sinks is located in Sherman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinks
- Thornberry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Thornberry is located in Sherman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornberry
How Far From Biggs Junction 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 Biggs Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Biggs Junction and extending to:
- Moro, which is the Seat of Sherman County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Biggs Junction to Moro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 118 miles [189.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,256 miles [3,630.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 129 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,875 miles [11,064.2 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 7,639 miles [12,293.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,734 miles [9,228 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Biggs Junction) 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 Biggs Junction 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 Biggs Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6698, Longitude: -120.8328 In this case, the coordinates for Biggs Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.531 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.764 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.92 degrees. |
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