Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Deer Island, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Deer Island and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Deer Island
- 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 Deer Island:
- 45.932155, -122.845005
- 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 Deer Island
- 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Since Deer Island is near Cowlitz County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cowlitz County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Deer Island ...
We found four communities that share the name Deer Island.
Within Oregon, the name Deer Island 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 two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Litchfield County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Deer Island [Litchfield County].
- Louisiana
- Saint Tammany Parish
- This Deer Island is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 2,081 miles [3,349 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Deer Island that is located in Columbia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Deer Island.
- Massachusetts
- Suffolk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Deer Island [Suffolk County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Deer Island lies 3,121 miles [5,022.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Deer Island that is located in Columbia County.
- Connecticut
Curious and Interesting Names Near Deer Island ...
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.
- Apiary ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Bachelor Flat ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bachelor Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor Flat
- Bachelor Flat is located in Columbia County
- Beaver Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs
- Beaver Springs is located in Columbia County
- Fern Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Highland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Knapp Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knapp Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp Landing
- Knapp Landing is located in Clark County (WA)
- Longview Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longview Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Junction
- Longview Junction is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Pigeon Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pigeon Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Springs
- Pigeon Springs is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Pioneer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Pioneer is located in Clark County (WA)
- Rose Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Valley
- Rose Valley is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
- Trojan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
How Far From Deer Island 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 Deer Island to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Deer Island and extending to:
- Saint Helens, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 69 miles [111 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Deer Island to Salem, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,351 miles [3,783.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,890 miles [11,088.4 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 7,652 miles [12,314.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,770 miles [9,285.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Deer Island. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Columbia County: www.co.columbia.or.us/
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 Deer Island 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Deer Island) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Deer Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9322, Longitude: -122.8450 |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Deer Island to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.214 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.742 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.207 degrees. |