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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 Draperville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Draperville 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 Draperville:
- 44.646260, -123.035621
- 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 Draperville
- 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 Linn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Linn County
- Since Draperville is near Benton County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Draperville
Communities Also Named Draperville ...
We found one communities that are also named Draperville.
Within Oregon, the name Draperville is unique.
Beyond Oregon, there is another community also named Draperville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Draperville is located in Salt Lake County and lies 634 miles [1,020.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Draperville that is located in Linn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Draperville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Draperville ...
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.
- Central ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Central is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Crabtree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fry is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- Marion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Orleans
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Orleans is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Page
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Page is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
- Palestine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Palestine is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Spicer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spicer is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicer
- Tangent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Draperville 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 Draperville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Draperville and extending to:
- Albany, which is the Seat of Linn County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Draperville to Salem, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,369 miles [3,812.5 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 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,977 miles [11,228.4 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 7,740 miles [12,456.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,851 miles [9,416.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Draperville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Draperville 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 Draperville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6463, Longitude: -123.0356 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.297 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.778 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.40 degrees. |
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