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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 Cove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cove 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 Cove:
- 45.296767, -117.809698
- 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 Cove
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Cove is near Wallowa County and also Baker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wallowa County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Cove
Communities Also Named Cove ...
We found twenty communities that are also named Cove.
Within Oregon, the name Cove is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of twenty communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Apache County
- This Cove is located in Apache County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cove that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Apache County community of Cove.
- Arkansas
- Polk County
- This Cove is located in Polk County and lies 1,441 miles [2,319.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cove that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Cove.
- Florida
- Bay County
- This Cove is located in Bay County and lies 2,024 miles [3,257.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cove that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bay County community of Cove.
- Broward County
- This Cove is located in Broward County and lies 2,453 miles [3,947.7 km] to the east southeast of the Cove that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broward County community of Cove.
- Hillsborough County
- This Cove is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,282 miles [3,672.5 km] to the east southeast of the Cove that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Cove.
- Maryland
- Garrett County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Cove [Garrett County].
- Minnesota
- Mille Lacs County
- This Cove is located in Mille Lacs County and lies 1,163 miles [1,871.7 km]<1> to the east of the Cove that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mille Lacs County community of Cove.
- Missouri
- McDonald County
- This Cove is located in McDonald County and lies 1,368 miles [2,201.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cove that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDonald County community of Cove.
- North Carolina
- Craven County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Cove [Craven County].
- Haywood County
- This Cove is located in Haywood County and lies 1,930 miles [3,106 km]<1> to the east of the Cove that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haywood County community of Cove.
- Ohio
- Jackson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Cove [Jackson County].
- Pennsylvania
- Huntingdon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cove [Huntingdon County].
- Perry County
- This Cove is located in Perry County and lies 2,073 miles [3,336.2 km]<1> to the east of the Cove that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Cove.
- Texas
- Chambers County
- This Cove is located in Chambers County and lies 1,641 miles [2,640.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cove that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chambers County community of Cove.
- Orange County
- This Cove is located in Orange County and lies 1,672 miles [2,690.8 km] to the east southeast of the Cove that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Cove.
- Utah
- Cache County
- This Cove is located in Cache County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cove that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cache County community of Cove.
- Sevier County
- This Cove is located in Sevier County and lies 543 miles [873.9 km] to the south southeast of the Cove that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Cove.
- Virginia
- Halifax County
- This Cove is located in Halifax County and lies 2,088 miles [3,360.3 km]<1> to the east of the Cove that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Halifax County community of Cove.
- Washington
- King County
- This Cove is located in King County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cove that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Cove.
- West Virginia
- Hancock County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Cove [Hancock County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cove ...
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.
- Crooks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Crooks is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooks
- Elk Flat ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Elk Flat is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Flat
- Hot Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Island City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lone Tree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lone Tree is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
- Summerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union Junction is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Junction
How Far From Cove 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 Cove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cove and extending to:
- La Grande, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Cove to La Grande, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 255 miles [410.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,111 miles [3,397.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 120 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,845 miles [11,016 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,612 miles [12,250.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,673 miles [9,129.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Cove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Cove 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Cove 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 Cove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2968, Longitude: -117.8097 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.028 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.82 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.019 degrees. |
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