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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 Chatfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chatfield 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 Chatfield:
- 45.698453, -121.354795
- 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 Chatfield
- 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 Wasco County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wasco County
- Since Chatfield is near Klickitat County and also Hood River County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Klickitat County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hood River 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 Chatfield
Communities Also Named Chatfield ...
We found seven communities that are also named Chatfield.
Within Oregon, the name Chatfield is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Crittenden County
- This Chatfield is located in Crittenden County and lies 1,773 miles [2,853.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Chatfield that is located in Wasco County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crittenden County community of Chatfield.
- Georgia
- Wilkes County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Chatfield [Wilkes County].
- Manitoba
- This Chatfield lies 1,143 miles [1,839.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Chatfield that is located in Wasco County.
- Minnesota
- Fillmore County
- This Chatfield is located in Fillmore County and lies 1,427 miles [2,296.5 km]<1> to the east of the Chatfield that is located in Wasco County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fillmore County community of Chatfield.
- Ohio
- Crawford County
- This Chatfield is located in Crawford County and lies 1,938 miles [3,118.9 km]<1> to the east of the Chatfield that is located in Wasco County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Chatfield.
- Texas
- Navarro County
- This Chatfield is located in Navarro County and lies 1,619 miles [2,605.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Chatfield that is located in Wasco County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navarro County community of Chatfield.
- Uvalde County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Chatfield [Uvalde County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chatfield ...
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.
- Cherry Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Heights is located in Wasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Heights
- Crates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crates is located in Wasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Hood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hood is located in Skamania County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Hood River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Laws Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Laws Corner is located in Klickitat County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Corner
- Lyle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mountain Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Brook is located in Klickitat County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Brook
- Straight Point
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Straight Point is located in Klickitat County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Point
- Windmaster Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Windmaster Corner is located in Hood River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmaster Corner
How Far From Chatfield to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Chatfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chatfield and extending to:
- The Dalles, which is the Seat of Wasco County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Chatfield to The Dalles, 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 96 miles [154.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,281 miles [3,670.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 130 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,882 miles [11,075.5 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 7,646 miles [12,305 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,746 miles [9,247.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chatfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Chatfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Chatfield 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. |
| <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 Chatfield 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 Chatfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6985, Longitude: -121.3548 In this case, the coordinates for Chatfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.964 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.271 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.255 degrees. |
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