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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 Buckhorn Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buckhorn 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 Buckhorn Springs:
- 42.105414, -122.531693
- 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 Buckhorn 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Buckhorn Springs is near Siskiyou County and also Klamath County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Siskiyou County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Klamath 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 Buckhorn Springs
Communities Also Named Buckhorn Springs ...
We found one communities that are also named Buckhorn Springs.
Within Oregon, the name Buckhorn Springs is unique.
Beyond Oregon, there is another community also named Buckhorn Springs in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Utah
- Buckhorn Springs #
- 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 Utah community of Buckhorn Springs.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buckhorn 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.
- Bogus ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bogus is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogus
- Climax
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Climax is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Dixie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dixie is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Gregory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gregory is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Hilt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hilt is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilt
- Hornbrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- King Cole
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- King Cole is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cole
- Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lincoln is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Mistletoe
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mistletoe is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe
- Potter Mill ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Potter Mill is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Mill
- Shale City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Shale City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shale City
- Talent
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Buckhorn Springs 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 Buckhorn 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 Buckhorn Springs and extending to:
- Medford, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Buckhorn Springs to Medford, 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 most of a day.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 197 miles [317 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,370 miles [3,814.1 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 7,135 miles [11,482.7 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 7,900 miles [12,713.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,987 miles [9,635.1 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 Buckhorn 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 from Point A (ie- Buckhorn 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 Buckhorn 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 Buckhorn Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1054, Longitude: -122.5317 In this case, the coordinates for Buckhorn Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.697 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.951 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.177 degrees. |
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