Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bonita, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bonita and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bonita
- 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 Bonita:
- 45.416785, -122.764819
- 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 Bonita
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Bonita is near Clackamas County and also Multnomah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Clackamas County
- eBird sighting report for Multnomah 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 Bonita ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Bonita.
There is one other community in Oregon which is also named Bonita.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Oregon ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- California
- Madera County
- This Bonita is located in Madera County and lies 599 miles [964 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Bonita that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madera County community of Bonita.
- San Diego County
- This Bonita is located in San Diego County and lies 932 miles [1,499.9 km] to the south southeast of the Bonita that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Bonita.
- Shasta 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 California community of Bonita [Shasta County].
- Colorado
- Gunnison 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 Colorado community of Bonita [Gunnison County].
- Saguache County
- This Bonita is located in Saguache County and lies 982 miles [1,580.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Bonita that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saguache County community of Bonita.
- Florida
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Montana
- Nevada
- Texas
- Montague County
- This Bonita is located in Montague County and lies 1,552 miles [2,497.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Bonita that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montague County community of Bonita.
- Nacogdoches 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 Texas community of Bonita [Nacogdoches County].
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bonita ...
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.
- Cook
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Garden Home
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Home have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Home
- Garden Home is located in Washington County
- Jean
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Johns Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johns Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Landing
- Johns Landing is located in Multnomah County
- King City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King City
- King City is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for King City <5>
- Ladd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Lake Grove ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Grove
- Lake Grove is located in Clackamas County
- Maplewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Progress
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Rivergrove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rivergrove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivergrove
- Rivergrove is located in Clackamas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Rosewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Vermont Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vermont Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont Hills
- Vermont Hills is located in Multnomah County
How Far From Bonita 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 Bonita to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bonita and extending to:
- Hillsboro, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bonita to Hillsboro, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 35 miles [56.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,350 miles [3,782 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,923 miles [11,141.5 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 7,685 miles [12,367.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,798 miles [9,331 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bonita. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Washington County: www.co.washington.or.us/
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Bonita) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bonita. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4168, Longitude: -122.7648 In this case, the coordinates for Bonita have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bonita, 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 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 Bonita 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> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Bonita 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 341.118 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.605 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.185 degrees. |