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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 Coos Bay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coos Bay 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 Coos Bay:
- 43.364291, -124.216053
- 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 Coos Bay
- 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 Coos County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coos County
- Since Coos Bay is near Douglas County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Coos Bay
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coos Bay ...
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.
- Crown Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crown Point is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point
- Empire
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glasgow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Green Acres
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Green Acres is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Kings Landing ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kings Landing is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Landing
- Libby
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Libby is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby
- Overland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Overland is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overland
- Rogers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rogers is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
How Far From Coos Bay 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 city such as Coos Bay to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Coos Bay and extending to:
- Coquille, which is the Seat of Coos County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Coos Bay to Coquille, with an average speed<2> 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 123 miles [197.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,440 miles [3,926.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 139 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,080 miles [11,394.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,842 miles [12,620.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,957 miles [9,586.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'
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- Coos Bay) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Coos Bay 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 Coos Bay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3643, Longitude: -124.2161 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 342.201 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.785 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 329.215 degrees. |
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