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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 Butterfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Butterfield 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 Butterfield:
- 46.043441, -123.911529
- 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 Butterfield
- 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 Clatsop County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clatsop County
- Since Butterfield is near Pacific County and also Tillamook County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pacific County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tillamook 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 Butterfield
Communities Also Named Butterfield ...
We found ten communities that are also named Butterfield.
Within Oregon, the name Butterfield is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Hot Spring County
- This Butterfield is located in Hot Spring County and lies 1,809 miles [2,911.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Butterfield that is located in Clatsop County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hot Spring County community of Butterfield.
- Illinois
- DuPage 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 Illinois community of Butterfield [DuPage County].
- Maine
- Franklin County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Butterfield [Franklin County].
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- This Butterfield is located in Frederick County and lies 2,376 miles [3,823.8 km]<1> to the east of the Butterfield that is located in Clatsop County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Butterfield.
- Michigan
- Missaukee County
- This Butterfield is located in Missaukee County and lies 1,881 miles [3,027.2 km]<1> to the east of the Butterfield that is located in Clatsop County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Missaukee County community of Butterfield.
- Minnesota
- Watonwan County
- This Butterfield is located in Watonwan County and lies 1,420 miles [2,285.3 km]<1> to the east of the Butterfield that is located in Clatsop County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Watonwan County community of Butterfield.
- Missouri
- Barry County
- This Butterfield is located in Barry County and lies 1,669 miles [2,686 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Butterfield that is located in Clatsop County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barry County community of Butterfield.
- New York
- Oneida 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 New York community of Butterfield [Oneida County].
- Texas
- El Paso County
- This Butterfield is located in El Paso County and lies 1,364 miles [2,195.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Butterfield that is located in Clatsop County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Paso County community of Butterfield.
- Virginia
- Stafford County
- This Butterfield is located in Stafford County and lies 2,397 miles [3,857.6 km]<1> to the east of the Butterfield that is located in Clatsop County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Butterfield.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Butterfield ...
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.
- Cannon Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cannon Beach Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fern Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fern Hill is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hill
- Miles Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Miles Crossing is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Crossing
- Navy Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Navy Heights is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navy Heights
- Seaside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sunset Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sunset Beach is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
- Surf Pines
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Surf Pines is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surf Pines
- Tongue Point Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tongue Point Village is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tongue Point Village
- Uniontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Uniontown is located in Clatsop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
How Far From Butterfield 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 Butterfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Butterfield and extending to:
- Astoria, which is the Seat of Clatsop County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Butterfield to Astoria, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 87 miles [140 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,401 miles [3,864 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 137 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,899 miles [11,102.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,660 miles [12,327.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,790 miles [9,318.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Butterfield) 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 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 Butterfield 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> | 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 Butterfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Butterfield 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 Butterfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0434, Longitude: -123.9115 In this case, the coordinates for Butterfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 342.109 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.792 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.898 degrees. |
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