Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Crooks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crooks and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Crooks
- 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 Crooks:
- 45.147638, -117.869103
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Crooks
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Crooks is near Baker County and also Grant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Baker County
- eBird sighting report for Grant 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Crooks ...
We found four communities that share the name Crooks.
Within Oregon, the name Crooks is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Ontario
- This Crooks lies 1,351 miles [2,174.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Crooks that is located in Union County.
- South Dakota
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crooks ...
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.
- Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Cove is located in Union County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 652 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cove <3>
- Hot Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Island City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Island City is located in Union County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,024 people
- Little Alps
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Alps have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Alps
- Little Alps is located in Baker County
- Lone Tree
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Medical Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medical Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medical Springs
- Medical Springs is located in Union County
- Rock Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rock Creek is located in Baker County
- Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Union is located in Union County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,207 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union <3>
- Union Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Junction
- Union Junction is located in Union County
How Far From Crooks to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Crooks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Crooks and extending to:
- La Grande, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Crooks to La Grande, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 252 miles [405.6 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 2,115 miles [3,403.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 121 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,855 miles [11,032.1 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 7,622 miles [12,266.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,683 miles [9,145.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Crooks. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Union County: www.union-county.org/
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Crooks 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. |
| <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- Crooks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crooks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1476, Longitude: -117.8691 In this case, the coordinates for Crooks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Crooks to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.067 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.856 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.068 degrees. |