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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 Bingham Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bingham Springs 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 Bingham Springs:
- 45.743350, -118.233077
- 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 Bingham Springs
- 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 Umatilla County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Umatilla County
- Since Bingham Springs is near Union County and also Walla Walla County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walla Walla 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 Bingham Springs
Communities Also Named Bingham Springs ...
We found one communities that are also named Bingham Springs.
Within Oregon, the name Bingham Springs is unique.
Beyond Oregon, there is another community also named Bingham Springs in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Perry County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bingham Springs [Perry County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bingham Springs ...
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.
- Cabin Creek ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cabin Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Crockett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crockett is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
- Ferndale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ferndale is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Kooskooskie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kooskooskie is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kooskooskie
- Looking Glass ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Looking Glass is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looking Glass
- Milton - Freewater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prunedale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prunedale is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prunedale
- Sunnyside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Thorn Hollow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Thorn Hollow is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hollow
- Tollgate
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
How Far From Bingham Springs 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 Bingham Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bingham Springs and extending to:
- Pendleton, which is the Seat of Umatilla County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Bingham Springs to Pendleton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 239 miles [384.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,130 miles [3,427.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 84 days and walking would take 121 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,824 miles [10,982.2 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 7,591 miles [12,216.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,659 miles [9,107.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Bingham Springs 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Bingham Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bingham Springs 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 Bingham Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7433, Longitude: -118.2331 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.40 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.284 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.252 degrees. |
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