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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 Bucks Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bucks Corners 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 Bucks Corners:
- 45.785410, -119.327795
- 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 Bucks Corners
- 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 Bucks Corners is near Morrow County and also Benton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morrow 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 Bucks Corners
Communities Also Named Bucks Corners ...
We found three communities that are also named Bucks Corners.
Within Oregon, the name Bucks Corners is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Hartford 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 Connecticut community of Bucks Corners [Hartford County].
- Michigan
- Mason 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 Michigan community of Bucks Corners [Mason County].
- Oceana County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bucks Corners [Oceana County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bucks Corners ...
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.
- Alpine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alpine is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Butter Creek Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Springs is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Echo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Longview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Longview is located in Benton County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Ordnance ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ordnance is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordnance
- Pine City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pine City is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Plymouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Plymouth is located in Benton County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Power City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Power City is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power City
How Far From Bucks Corners 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 Bucks Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bucks Corners and extending to:
- Pendleton, which is the Seat of Umatilla County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bucks Corners 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 188 miles [302.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,183 miles [3,513.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 86 days and walking would take 124 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,841 miles [11,009.5 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 7,607 miles [12,242.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,687 miles [9,152.3 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 Bucks Corners 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 '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- Bucks Corners) 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 Bucks Corners 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 Bucks Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7854, Longitude: -119.3278 In this case, the coordinates for Bucks Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.299 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.334 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.946 degrees. |
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