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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 Cone Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cone Mill 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 Cone Mill:
- 45.012357, -119.953907
- 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 Cone Mill
- 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 Wheeler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wheeler County
- Since Cone Mill is near Gilliam County and also Morrow County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gilliam County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morrow 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 Cone Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cone Mill ...
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.
- Edwards
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edwards is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
- Fossil
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lonerock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lonerock is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonerock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Lost Valley ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lost Valley is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Valley
- Mayville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mayville is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Service Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Service Creek is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Service Creek
- Spray
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Thirtymile
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Thirtymile is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtymile
- Trail Fork ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Trail Fork is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail Fork
How Far From Cone Mill 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 Cone Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cone Mill and extending to:
- Fossil, which is the Seat of Wheeler County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Cone Mill to Fossil, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 150 miles [241.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,217 miles [3,567.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 87 days and walking would take 126 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,902 miles [11,107.7 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 7,668 miles [12,340.4 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> | 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cone Mill) 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 Cone Mill 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 Cone Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0124, Longitude: -119.9539 In this case, the coordinates for Cone Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.766 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.833 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.40 degrees. |
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