Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Erwin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Erwin and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Erwin
- 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 Erwin:
- 44.887931, -117.605766
- 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 Erwin
- 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 Baker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Baker County
- Since Erwin is near Union County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Union 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 Erwin ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Erwin.
Within Oregon, the name Erwin is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Jackson County
- This Erwin is located in Jackson County and lies 1,523 miles [2,451 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Erwin that is located in Baker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Erwin.
- Prairie County
- This Erwin is located in Prairie County and lies 1,535 miles [2,470.3 km] to the east southeast of the Erwin that is located in Baker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prairie County community of Erwin.
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Cook 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 Illinois community of Erwin [Cook County].
- Schuyler County
- This Erwin is located in Schuyler County and lies 1,400 miles [2,253.1 km]<2> to the east of the Erwin that is located in Baker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuyler County community of Erwin.
- Indiana
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Montcalm 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 Michigan community of Erwin [Montcalm County].
- Newaygo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Erwin [Newaygo County].
- Mississippi
- New York
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Erwin ...
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.
- Carson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Cornucopia ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
- Cornucopia is located in Baker County
- Crooks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Jimtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Jimtown is located in Baker County
- Keating
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
- Keating is located in Baker County
- Medical Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medical Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medical Springs
- Medical Springs is located in Union County
- Pocahontas ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pocahontas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Pocahontas is located in Baker County
- Quartz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Rock Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rock Creek is located in Baker County
- Rogers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Salisbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest) - Wing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Wingville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
How Far From Erwin 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 Erwin 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<4> community of Erwin once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Erwin and extending to:
- Baker City, which is the Seat of Baker County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Erwin to Baker City, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 265 miles [426.5 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 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,103 miles [3,384.5 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,867 miles [11,051.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,634 miles [12,285.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,690 miles [9,157.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Baker County: www.bakercounty.org/
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 Erwin 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- Erwin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Erwin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8879, Longitude: -117.6058 In this case, the coordinates for Erwin 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> | 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 Erwin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Erwin to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.835 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.568 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.922 degrees. |