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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 Eddy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eddy 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 Eddy:
    • 45.705963, -120.180320
    • 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 Eddy
  • 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 Gilliam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gilliam County
    • Since Eddy is near Klickitat County and also Morrow County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Klickitat County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morrow 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 Eddy

Communities Also Named Eddy ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Eddy.

Within Oregon, the name Eddy is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Marshall County
      • This Eddy is located in Marshall County and lies 1,926 miles [3,099.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Eddy that is located in Gilliam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Eddy.
    • British Columbia
      • This Eddy lies 519 miles [835.2 km]<1> to the north of the Eddy that is located in Gilliam County.
    • Colorado
      • Routt County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Eddy [Routt County].
    • Florida
      • Baker County
      • This Eddy is located in Baker County and lies 2,278 miles [3,666.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Eddy that is located in Gilliam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of Eddy.
    • Illinois
      • Lake County
      • This Eddy is located in Lake County and lies 1,605 miles [2,583 km]<1> to the east of the Eddy that is located in Gilliam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Eddy.
    • Indiana
      • LaGrange County
      • This Eddy is located in LaGrange County and lies 1,746 miles [2,809.9 km]<1> to the east of the Eddy that is located in Gilliam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaGrange County community of Eddy.
    • Montana
      • Sanders County
      • This Eddy is located in Sanders County and lies 271 miles [436.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Eddy that is located in Gilliam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sanders County community of Eddy.
    • Nebraska
      • Hayes County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Hayes County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hayes County community of Eddy.
    • New York
      • Saint Lawrence County
      • This Eddy is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 2,162 miles [3,479.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Eddy that is located in Gilliam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Eddy.
    • Oklahoma
      • Kay County
      • This Eddy is located in Kay County and lies 1,326 miles [2,134 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Eddy that is located in Gilliam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kay County community of Eddy.
    • Texas
      • McLennan County
      • This Eddy is located in McLennan County and lies 1,579 miles [2,541.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Eddy that is located in Gilliam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLennan County community of Eddy.
    • Virginia
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Eddy [Franklin County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eddy ...

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.

  • Castle
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Castle is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
  • Cecil
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cecil is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
  • Dot
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Dot is located in Klickitat County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dot
  • Early ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Early is located in Sherman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Early
  • Emigrant Springs ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Emigrant Springs is located in Sherman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emigrant Springs
  • Rock Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Rock Creek is located in Gilliam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
  • Sixprong
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sixprong is located in Klickitat County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixprong
  • Willows
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Willows is located in Gilliam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willows

How Far From Eddy 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 Eddy 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 community of Eddy once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Eddy and extending to:

  • Condon, which is the Seat of Gilliam County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Eddy to Condon, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 148 miles [238.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,224 miles [3,579.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 87 days and walking would take 127 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,861 miles [11,041.7 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 7,626 miles [12,272.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,714 miles [9,195.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Eddy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Eddy 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.
<3>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 Eddy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Eddy 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 Eddy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7060, Longitude: -120.1803       In this case, the coordinates for Eddy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.995 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.141 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.498 degrees.