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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 Fields, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fields 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 Fields:
- 42.264519, -118.675498
- 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 Fields
- 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 Harney County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Harney County
- Since Fields is near Humboldt County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Humboldt 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 Fields ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Fields.
There is one other community in Oregon which is also named Fields.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Oregon ...
- Lane County
- This Fields is located in Lane County and lies 207 miles [333.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fields that is located in Harney County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Fields.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Macon County
- This Fields is located in Macon County and lies 2,010 miles [3,234.8 km]<1> to the east of the Fields that is located in Harney County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Fields.
- Illinois
- Will County
- This Fields is located in Will County and lies 1,566 miles [2,520.2 km]<1> to the east of the Fields that is located in Harney County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Fields.
- Indiana
- Lake 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 Indiana community of Fields [Lake County].
- Morgan County
- This Fields is located in Morgan County and lies 1,688 miles [2,716.6 km]<1> to the east of the Fields that is located in Harney County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Fields.
- Louisiana
- Beauregard Parish
- This Fields is located in Beauregard Parish and lies 1,604 miles [2,581.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Fields that is located in Harney County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beauregard Parish community of Fields.
- Michigan
- Newaygo 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 Michigan community of Fields [Newaygo County].
- Montana
- Cascade County
- This Fields is located in Cascade County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fields that is located in Harney County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cascade County community of Fields.
- North Carolina
- Lenoir County
- This Fields is located in Lenoir County and lies 2,233 miles [3,593.7 km]<1> to the east of the Fields that is located in Harney County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of Fields.
- Ohio
- Lorain County
- This Fields is located in Lorain County and lies 1,873 miles [3,014.3 km]<1> to the east of the Fields that is located in Harney County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lorain County community of Fields.
- Virginia
- Mecklenburg 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 Fields [Mecklenburg County].
How Far From Fields to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fields to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fields and extending to:
- Burns, which is the Seat of Harney County, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could drive a straight line from Fields to Burns, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 285 miles [458.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,174 miles [3,498.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 124 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,054 miles [11,352.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,822 miles [12,588.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,870 miles [9,446.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fields. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Harney County: www.co.harney.or.us/ The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Fields) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fields. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2645, Longitude: -118.6755 |
| <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 Fields 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 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. |
| <4> | 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 Fields to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.515 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.197 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.754 degrees. |
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