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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 Bolly, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bolly 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 Bolly:
- 44.173459, -122.892861
- 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 Bolly
- 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 Lane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lane County
- Since Bolly is near Linn County and also Benton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Linn County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton 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 Bolly
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bolly ...
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.
- Cedar Flat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cedar Flat is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
- Deerhorn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Deerhorn is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerhorn
- Eugene
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fir Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fir Grove is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir Grove
- Jasper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mabel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mabel is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Mitchell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchell is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Mohawk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mohawk is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
- Mohawk Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mohawk Junction is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Junction
- Mohawk Post ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mohawk Post is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Post
- River Road
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- River Road is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
- Riverview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Riverview is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Union Point ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Union Point is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Point
How Far From Bolly 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 Bolly 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<2> community of Bolly once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bolly and extending to:
- Eugene, which is the Seat of Lane County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bolly to Eugene, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 53 miles [85.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,366 miles [3,807.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 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 7,769 miles [12,503 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,875 miles [9,454.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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> | 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 Bolly, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bolly) 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 Bolly 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 Bolly. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1735, Longitude: -122.8929 In this case, the coordinates for Bolly have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.147 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.581 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.33 degrees. |
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