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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 Butteville Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Butteville Station 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 Butteville Station:
- 45.259611, -122.804351
- 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 Butteville Station
- 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Since Butteville Station 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 Butteville Station
Curious and Interesting Names Near Butteville Station ...
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.
- Advance
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Advance is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Aurora
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Charbonneau
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Charbonneau is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charbonneau
- Donald
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fargo
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fargo is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Hoodview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hoodview is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoodview
- Ladd Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ladd Hill is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd Hill
- Lone Elder
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lone Elder is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elder
- Macksburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Macksburg is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksburg
- Needy ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Era ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Era is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Six Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Six Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Corners
- Springbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Springbrook is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Whiskey Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whiskey Hill is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Hill
How Far From Butteville Station 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 Butteville Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Butteville Station once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Butteville Station and extending to:
- Salem, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Butteville Station to Salem, 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 24 miles [38.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,353 miles [3,786.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,934 miles [11,159.2 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 7,696 miles [12,385.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,809 miles [9,348.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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> | 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 Butteville Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Butteville Station) 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 Butteville Station 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 Butteville Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2596, Longitude: -122.8044 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.141 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.625 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.219 degrees. |
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