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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 Cherry Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cherry Heights 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 Cherry Heights:
- 45.602897, -121.240906
- 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 Cherry Heights
- 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 Cherry Heights 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 Cherry Heights
Communities Also Named Cherry Heights ...
We found one communities that are also named Cherry Heights.
Within Oregon, the name Cherry Heights is unique.
Beyond Oregon, there is another community also named Cherry Heights in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ontario
- This Cherry Heights lies 2,030 miles [3,267 km]<1> to the east of the Cherry Heights that is located in Wasco County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cherry Heights ...
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.
- Crates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crates is located in Wasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- English ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- English is located in Wasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- Gooseneck
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gooseneck is located in Klickitat County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseneck
- Hood River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Klickitat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Klickitat Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Klickitat Springs is located in Klickitat County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klickitat Springs
- Laws Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Laws Corner is located in Klickitat County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Corner
- Lyle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Moody
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Moody is located in Wasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Mountain Brook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Brook is located in Klickitat County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Brook
- Rice ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rice is located in Wasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Straight Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Straight Point is located in Klickitat County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Point
- Windmaster Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Windmaster Corner is located in Hood River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmaster Corner
How Far From Cherry Heights 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 Cherry Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cherry Heights and extending to:
- The Dalles, which is the Seat of Wasco County, lies just to the East.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Cherry Heights to Salem, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,276 miles [3,662.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 130 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,886 miles [11,081.9 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 7,650 miles [12,311.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,748 miles [9,250.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cherry Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Cherry Heights 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 Cherry Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6029, Longitude: -121.2409 In this case, the coordinates for Cherry Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.864 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.15 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.187 degrees. |
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