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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 Bybee Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bybee Springs 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 Bybee Springs:
- 42.574567, -123.044496
- 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 Bybee Springs
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Bybee Springs is near Josephine County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Josephine County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Bybee Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bybee Springs ...
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.
- Asbestos ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Asbestos is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbestos
- Beagle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beagle is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beagle
- Foots Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Foots Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Creek
- Gold Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rock Point ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rock Point is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
- Rogue River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sams Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sams Valley is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Valley
- Shady Cove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Starvation Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Starvation Heights is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starvation Heights
- Table Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Table Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Table Rock Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Table Rock Station is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock Station
How Far From Bybee Springs 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 Bybee Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bybee Springs and extending to:
- Medford, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bybee Springs to Medford, 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 6 hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 163 miles [262.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,390 miles [3,846.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,113 miles [11,447.3 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 7,877 miles [12,676.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,973 miles [9,612.6 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 '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- Bybee Springs) 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 Bybee Springs 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 Bybee Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5746, Longitude: -123.0445 In this case, the coordinates for Bybee Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.162 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.523 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.489 degrees. |
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