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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 Dominic, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dominic 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 Dominic:
- 45.085954, -122.767869
- 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 Dominic
- 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 Dominic is near Clackamas County and also Yamhill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clackamas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yamhill 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 Dominic
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dominic ...
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.
- Bethany
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Downs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Downs is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
- Dryland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dryland is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryland
- Elliott Prairie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Elliott Prairie is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Prairie
- Monitor
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Monitor is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Mount Angel
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Needy ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Needy is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needy
- Noble ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Noble is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
- Rural Dell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rural Dell is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Dell
- Whiskey Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Whiskey Hill is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Hill
How Far From Dominic to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dominic 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 Dominic once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Dominic and extending to:
- Salem, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dominic to Salem, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,353 miles [3,786.8 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 6,944 miles [11,175.3 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 7,707 miles [12,403.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,818 miles [9,363.2 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 Dominic, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dominic) 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 Dominic 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 Dominic. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0860, Longitude: -122.7679 In this case, the coordinates for Dominic have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.10 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.569 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.204 degrees. |
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