Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Caviness, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Caviness and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Caviness
- 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 Caviness:
- 44.233214, -117.817696
- 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 Caviness
- 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 Caviness is near Baker County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Baker 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
Communities Also Named Caviness ...
We found one communities that share the name Caviness.
Within Oregon, the name Caviness is unique.
Beyond Oregon, there is another community also named Caviness in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Caviness ...
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.
- Bonita
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Cake ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast) - China Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for China Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Town
- China Town is located in Baker County
- Clarksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Clarksville is located in Baker County
- Clover ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Dell ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - Eldorado
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Humboldt Basin ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humboldt Basin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt Basin
- Humboldt Basin is located in Malheur County
- Ironside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironside
- Ironside is located in Malheur County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ironside <3>
How Far From Caviness 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 Caviness 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<4> community of Caviness once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Caviness and extending to:
- Vale, which is the Seat of Malheur County, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Caviness to Vale, with an average speed<5> 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 over a day.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 260 miles [418.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,116 miles [3,405.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 121 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,912 miles [11,123.8 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 7,680 miles [12,359.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,733 miles [9,226.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Caviness) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Caviness. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2332, Longitude: -117.8177 In this case, the coordinates for Caviness have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Caviness, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Caviness to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.964 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.675 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.103 degrees. |