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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 Eakin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eakin 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 Eakin:
- 45.300403, -120.761165
- 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 Eakin
- 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 Sherman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sherman County
- Since Eakin is near Wasco County and also Gilliam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wasco County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gilliam 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 Eakin
Communities Also Named Eakin ...
We found three communities that are also named Eakin.
Within Oregon, the name Eakin is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- McPherson 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 Kansas community of Eakin [McPherson County].
- South Dakota
- Sully County
- This Eakin is located in Sully County and lies 1,011 miles [1,627 km]<2> to the east of the Eakin that is located in Sherman County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sully County community of Eakin.
- Virginia
- Craig 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 Virginia community of Eakin [Craig County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eakin ...
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.
- Boardman ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Boardman is located in Sherman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
- Bourbon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bourbon is located in Sherman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbon
- Dike
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dike is located in Wasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dike
- Gordon ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gordon is located in Sherman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Grass Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Harmony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony is located in Sherman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Kent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lockit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lockit is located in Wasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockit
- Monkland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Monkland is located in Sherman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkland
- Rosebush ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rosebush is located in Sherman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebush
How Far From Eakin 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 Eakin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Eakin and extending to:
- Moro, which is the Seat of Sherman County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Eakin to Moro, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,254 miles [3,627.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 128 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,898 miles [11,101.3 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 7,662 miles [12,330.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,753 miles [9,258.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Eakin 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Eakin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Eakin 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 Eakin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3004, Longitude: -120.7612 In this case, the coordinates for Eakin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.449 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.648 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.898 degrees. |
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