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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 Buck Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buck Fork 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 Buck Fork:
- 43.112340, -123.147006
- 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 Buck Fork
- 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Buck Fork is near Josephine County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Josephine 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 Buck Fork
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buck Fork ...
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.
- Days Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dole
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dole is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dole
- Green
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Green is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Nugget ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nugget is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugget
- Oak Creek ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Creek is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Creek
- Oaks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oaks is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Peel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peel is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peel
- Rockland ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rockland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Round Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Round Prairie is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Prairie
- Shady
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shady is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady
- Weaver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Weaver is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
How Far From Buck Fork 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 Buck Fork 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 Buck Fork once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Buck Fork and extending to:
- Roseburg, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Buck Fork to Roseburg, 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 126 miles [202.8 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 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 7,079 miles [11,392.5 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 7,843 miles [12,622.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,944 miles [9,565.9 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 Buck Fork, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Buck Fork) 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 Buck Fork 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 Buck Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1123, Longitude: -123.1470 In this case, the coordinates for Buck Fork have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.287 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.696 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.536 degrees. |
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