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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 Butter Creek Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Butter Creek Junction 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 Butter Creek Junction:
- 45.619017, -119.437521
- 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 Butter Creek Junction
- 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 Morrow County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morrow County
- Since Butter Creek Junction is near Umatilla County and also Benton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Umatilla 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 Butter Creek Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Butter Creek Junction ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Alpine is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Bucks Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bucks Corners is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Corners
- Echo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lena is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Ordnance ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ordnance is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordnance
- Pine City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pine City is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Sand Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Hollow is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hollow
- Strawberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Strawberry is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
How Far From Butter Creek Junction 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 Butter Creek Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Butter Creek Junction and extending to:
- Heppner, which is the Seat of Morrow County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Butter Creek Junction to Heppner, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 180 miles [289.7 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 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,189 miles [3,522.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 86 days and walking would take 125 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,854 miles [11,030.4 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 7,620 miles [12,263.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,699 miles [9,171.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Butter Creek Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Butter Creek Junction 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 Butter Creek Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6190, Longitude: -119.4375 In this case, the coordinates for Butter Creek Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.379 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.417 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.029 degrees. |
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