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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 Elk Flat, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elk Flat 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 Elk Flat:
- 45.569309, -117.819095
- 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 Elk Flat
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Elk Flat is near Wallowa County and also Umatilla County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wallowa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Umatilla 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 Elk Flat
Curious and Interesting Names Near Elk Flat ...
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.
- Cabin Creek ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cabin Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Cove
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Evans
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Evans is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Island City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Island City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,024 people
- Looking Glass ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Looking Glass is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looking Glass
- Maxville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maxville is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Summerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tollgate
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tollgate is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollgate
How Far From Elk Flat 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 Elk Flat 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 Elk Flat once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Elk Flat and extending to:
- La Grande, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Elk Flat to La Grande, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 256 miles [412 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,111 miles [3,397.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 120 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,827 miles [10,987 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 7,594 miles [12,221.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,658 miles [9,105.7 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 Elk Flat, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Elk Flat) 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 Elk Flat 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 Elk Flat. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5693, Longitude: -117.8191 In this case, the coordinates for Elk Flat have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.052 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.866 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.003 degrees. |
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