Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Elk City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elk City and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Elk City
- 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 Elk City:
- 44.619563, -123.879558
- 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 Elk City
- 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Since Elk City is near Benton County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Benton County
- eBird sighting report for Polk 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Elk City ...
We found nine communities that share the name Elk City.
There is one other community in Oregon which is also named Elk City.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Oregon ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Kansas
- Jackson 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 Elk City [Jackson County].
- Montgomery County
- This Elk City is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,534 miles [2,468.7 km]<2> to the east of the Elk City that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Elk City.
- Nebraska
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- West Virginia
- Barbour County
- This Elk City is located in Barbour County and lies 2,254 miles [3,627.5 km]<2> to the east of the Elk City that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Elk City.
- Kanawha 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 West Virginia community of Elk City [Kanawha County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Elk City ...
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.
- Burpee
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Chitwood ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Fruitvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Little Elk ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Elk have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Elk
- Little Elk is located in Lincoln County
- Moody
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Oysterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oysterville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oysterville
- Oysterville is located in Lincoln County
- Pioneer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Pioneer City ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pioneer City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer City
- Pioneer City is located in Lincoln County
- Sunnyridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnyridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyridge
- Sunnyridge is located in Lincoln County
How Far From Elk City 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 Elk City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Elk City and extending to:
- Newport, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies just to the West.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Elk City to Salem, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,411 miles [3,880.1 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 95 days and walking would take 137 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,992 miles [11,252.5 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 7,754 miles [12,478.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,874 miles [9,453.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Elk City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lincoln County: www.co.lincoln.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 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 Elk City 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' (or 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- Elk City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elk City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6196, Longitude: -123.8796 In this case, the coordinates for Elk City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Elk City to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 342.00 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.603 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.949 degrees. |