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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 Diamond Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Diamond Lake and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Diamond Lake:
    • 43.178307, -122.135891
    • 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 Diamond Lake
  • 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 Diamond Lake ...

We found ten communities that share the name Diamond Lake.

There is one other community in Oregon which is also named Diamond Lake.

Beyond Oregon, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Oregon ...
    • Klamath 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 Oregon community of Diamond Lake [Klamath County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Hartford 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 Diamond Lake [Hartford County].
    • Illinois
      • Lake County
      • This Diamond Lake is located in Lake County and lies 1,720 miles [2,768.1 km]<2> to the east of the Diamond Lake that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Diamond Lake.
    • Indiana
      • Kosciusko 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 Indiana community of Diamond Lake [Kosciusko County].
      • Noble County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Diamond Lake [Noble County].
    • Michigan
      • Cass 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 Michigan community of Diamond Lake [Cass County].
      • Newaygo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Diamond Lake [Newaygo County].
    • Minnesota
      • Hennepin 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 Minnesota community of Diamond Lake [Hennepin County].
    • Ontario
      • This Diamond Lake lies 2,047 miles [3,294.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Diamond Lake that is located in Douglas County.
    • Washington
      • Pend Oreille County
      • This Diamond Lake is located in Pend Oreille County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Diamond Lake that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pend Oreille County community of Diamond Lake.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Diamond Lake ...

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.

  • Beaver Marsh
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Marsh
    • Beaver Marsh is located in Klamath County
  • Clearwater
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearwater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
    • Clearwater is located in Douglas County
  • Crescent
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Crescent Lake
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Crescent Lake Junction
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Lake Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Lake Junction
    • Crescent Lake Junction is located in Klamath County
  • French Junction
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Junction
    • French Junction is located in Douglas County
  • Union Creek
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Creek
    • Union Creek is located in Jackson County

How Far From Diamond Lake 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 Diamond Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Diamond Lake and extending to:

  • Roseburg, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Diamond Lake to Roseburg, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 129 miles [207.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,338 miles [3,762.6 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,058 miles [11,358.7 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 7,823 miles [12,589.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,913 miles [9,516.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Diamond Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Douglas County: www.co.douglas.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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Diamond Lake 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 '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- Diamond Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Diamond Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1783, Longitude: -122.1359    
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Diamond Lake 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 340.447 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.709 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.888 degrees.




 

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