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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 Fayetteville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville:
- 44.460956, -123.163984
- 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 Fayetteville
- 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 Linn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Linn County
- Since Fayetteville is near Benton County and also Lane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lane 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 Fayetteville
Communities Also Named Fayetteville ...
We found seventeen communities that are also named Fayetteville.
Within Oregon, the name Fayetteville is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Talladega County
- This Fayetteville is located in Talladega County and lies 2,105 miles [3,387.7 km]<1> to the east of the Fayetteville that is located in Linn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Fayetteville.
- Arkansas
- Washington County
- This Fayetteville is located in Washington County and lies 1,623 miles [2,612 km]<1> to the east of the Fayetteville that is located in Linn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Fayetteville.
- Georgia
- Fayette County
- This Fayetteville is located in Fayette County and lies 2,189 miles [3,522.9 km]<1> to the east of the Fayetteville that is located in Linn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Fayetteville.
- Illinois
- Saint Clair County
- This Fayetteville is located in Saint Clair County and lies 1,764 miles [2,838.9 km]<1> to the east of the Fayetteville that is located in Linn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Fayetteville.
- Indiana
- Lawrence County
- This Fayetteville is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,909 miles [3,072.2 km]<1> to the east of the Fayetteville that is located in Linn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Fayetteville.
- Washington County
- This Fayetteville is located in Washington County and lies 1,936 miles [3,115.7 km] to the east of the Fayetteville that is located in Linn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Fayetteville.
- Kansas
- Clay 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 Kansas community of Fayetteville [Clay County].
- Missouri
- Johnson County
- This Fayetteville is located in Johnson County and lies 1,555 miles [2,502.5 km]<1> to the east of the Fayetteville that is located in Linn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Fayetteville.
- New York
- Onondaga County
- This Fayetteville is located in Onondaga County and lies 2,321 miles [3,735.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fayetteville that is located in Linn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Fayetteville.
- North Carolina
- Cumberland County
- This Fayetteville is located in Cumberland County and lies 2,403 miles [3,867.3 km]<1> to the east of the Fayetteville that is located in Linn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Fayetteville.
- Ohio
- Brown County
- This Fayetteville is located in Brown County and lies 2,031 miles [3,268.6 km]<1> to the east of the Fayetteville that is located in Linn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Fayetteville.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Fayetteville is located in Allegheny County and lies 2,180 miles [3,508.4 km]<1> to the east of the Fayetteville that is located in Linn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Fayetteville.
- Franklin County
- This Fayetteville is located in Franklin County and lies 2,324 miles [3,740.1 km] to the east of the Fayetteville that is located in Linn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Fayetteville.
- Tennessee
- Lincoln County
- This Fayetteville is located in Lincoln County and lies 2,025 miles [3,258.9 km]<1> to the east of the Fayetteville that is located in Linn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Fayetteville.
- Texas
- Fayette County
- This Fayetteville is located in Fayette County and lies 1,757 miles [2,827.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Fayetteville that is located in Linn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Fayetteville.
- West Virginia
- Fayette County
- This Fayetteville is located in Fayette County and lies 2,202 miles [3,543.8 km]<1> to the east of the Fayetteville that is located in Linn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Fayetteville.
- Wisconsin
- Walworth 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 Wisconsin community of Fayetteville [Walworth County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fayetteville ...
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.
- Boston ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Boston is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston has also been known as:
- Boston Mills
- Dry Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Creek is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Greenberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenberry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenberry
- Orleans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Orleans is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Plainview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Plainview is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Potter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Potter is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Shedd
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tangent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fayetteville and extending to:
- Albany, which is the Seat of Linn County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fayetteville to Albany, 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 33 miles [53.1 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,377 miles [3,825.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 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 5,865 miles [9,438.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fayetteville) 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 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 Fayetteville 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> | 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 Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4610, Longitude: -123.1640 In this case, the coordinates for Fayetteville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.392 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.882 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.492 degrees. |
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