Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cake and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cake
- 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 Cake:
- 44.420715, -117.573254
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cake
- 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 Malheur County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Malheur County
- Since Cake is near Baker County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Baker County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cake ...
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.
- China Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for China Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Town
- China Town is located in Baker County
- Clarksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Clarksville is located in Baker County
- Dixie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Eldorado
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Humboldt Basin ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humboldt Basin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt Basin
- Humboldt Basin is located in Malheur County
- Jett ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Lime ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime
- Lime is located in Baker County
- Nelson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Cake 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 Cake 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 Cake once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Cake and extending to:
- Vale, which is the Seat of Malheur County, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cake to Vale, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 270 miles [434.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,103 miles [3,384.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 120 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,896 miles [11,098 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 7,663 miles [12,332.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,716 miles [9,199 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Malheur County: www.malheurco.org/
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Cake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Cake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4207, Longitude: -117.5733 In this case, the coordinates for Cake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Cake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.778 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.469 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.937 degrees. |