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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 Burlingame, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burlingame and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Burlingame:
    • 45.468452, -122.685096
    • 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 Burlingame
  • 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 Multnomah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Multnomah County
    • Since Burlingame is near Clackamas County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clackamas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Burlingame

Communities Also Named Burlingame ...

We found six communities that are also named Burlingame.

Within Oregon, the name Burlingame is unique.

Beyond Oregon, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Mateo County
      • This Burlingame is located in San Mateo County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the south of the Burlingame that is located in Multnomah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Mateo County community of Burlingame.
    • Illinois
      • Cass County
      • This Burlingame is located in Cass County and lies 1,681 miles [2,705.3 km]<1> to the east of the Burlingame that is located in Multnomah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Burlingame.
    • Kansas
      • Osage County
      • This Burlingame is located in Osage County and lies 1,443 miles [2,322.3 km]<1> to the east of the Burlingame that is located in Multnomah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Osage County community of Burlingame.
    • Michigan
      • Kent County
      • This Burlingame is located in Kent County and lies 1,823 miles [2,933.8 km]<1> to the east of the Burlingame that is located in Multnomah County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Burlingame.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lycoming County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Burlingame [Lycoming County].
    • Texas
      • Smith County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Burlingame [Smith County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Burlingame ...

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.

  • Bridlemile
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bridlemile is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridlemile
  • Elk Rock
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Elk Rock is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Rock
  • Errol
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Errol is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Errol
  • Errol Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Errol Heights is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Errol Heights
  • Fair Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fair Oaks is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
  • Garden Home
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Garden Home is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Home
  • Golf Junction
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Golf Junction is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Junction
  • Green Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Hills is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
  • Kellogg Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Kellogg Park is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg Park
  • Knight
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Knight is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight
  • Ladd
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Ladd is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd
  • Ladds Circle
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ladds Circle is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladds Circle
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Maplewood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Maplewood is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • Riverwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Riverwood is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
    • Sentinel Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Sentinel Hill is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel Hill
    • Vermont Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Vermont Hills is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont Hills

How Far From Burlingame 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 Burlingame to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Burlingame and extending to:

  • Portland, which is the Seat of Multnomah County, lies just to the North.
  • Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Burlingame to Salem, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,346 miles [3,775.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,918 miles [11,133.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,681 miles [12,361.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,793 miles [9,322.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Burlingame) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Burlingame 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.
<3>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.
<4>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 Burlingame 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 Burlingame. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4685, Longitude: -122.6851       In this case, the coordinates for Burlingame have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.054 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.534 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.13 degrees.