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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 Damascus Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Damascus 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 Damascus Heights:
- 45.420676, -122.449256
- 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 Damascus 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 Clackamas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clackamas County
- Since Damascus Heights is near Multnomah County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Multnomah County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Damascus Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Damascus 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.
- Boring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Carver
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Damascus
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Deep Creek ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Deep Creek is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
- Gilbert
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Gilbert Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert Station is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Station
- Happy Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsview is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsview
- Outlook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Outlook is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlook
- Sunnyside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Damascus Heights 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 Damascus Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Damascus Heights and extending to:
- Oregon City, which is the Seat of Clackamas County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Damascus Heights to Oregon City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,335 miles [3,757.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,917 miles [11,131.8 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 7,680 miles [12,359.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,790 miles [9,318.1 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Damascus Heights) 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 Damascus 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 Damascus Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4207, Longitude: -122.4493 In this case, the coordinates for Damascus Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.855 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.299 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.98 degrees. |
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