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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 Deschutes River Woods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Deschutes River Woods 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 Deschutes River Woods:
- 43.991506, -121.358364
- 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 Deschutes River Woods
- 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 Deschutes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Deschutes County
- Since Deschutes River Woods is near Crook County and also Klamath County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crook County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Klamath 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 Deschutes River Woods
Curious and Interesting Names Near Deschutes River Woods ...
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.
- Alfalfa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale is located in Deschutes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Elk Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Elk Lake is located in Deschutes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
- Lava
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lava is located in Deschutes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
- Plainview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Plainview is located in Deschutes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Sisters
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunriver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Three Rivers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Three Rivers is located in Deschutes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
How Far From Deschutes River Woods to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Deschutes River Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Deschutes River Woods and extending to:
- Bend, which is the Seat of Deschutes County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 105 miles [169 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Deschutes River Woods to Salem, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,292 miles [3,688.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 131 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,992 miles [11,252.5 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 7,757 miles [12,483.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,845 miles [9,406.6 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 '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- Deschutes River Woods) 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 Deschutes River Woods 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 Deschutes River Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9915, Longitude: -121.3584 In this case, the coordinates for Deschutes River Woods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.858 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.057 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.355 degrees. |
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