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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 Dencer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dencer 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 Dencer:
- 44.872064, -123.081763
- 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 Dencer
- 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Since Dencer is near Polk County and also Linn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Linn 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 Dencer
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dencer ...
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.
- Badger Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Badger Corner is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger Corner
- Brush College
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brush College is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush College
- Four Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Four Corners is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Hopville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hopville is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopville
- Independence
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Liberty
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Pringle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pringle is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
- Rosedale
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rosedale is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Sunnyside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Dencer 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 Dencer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Dencer once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Dencer and extending to:
- Salem, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies just to the north northeast (NNE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,370 miles [3,814.1 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Dencer to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 5 days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 135 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 93 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,963 miles [11,205.9 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 7,726 miles [12,433.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,839 miles [9,397 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Dencer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Dencer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Dencer 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 Dencer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8721, Longitude: -123.0818 In this case, the coordinates for Dencer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.349 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.85 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.419 degrees. |
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