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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 Flynn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flynn 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 Flynn:
- 44.541260, -123.385246
- 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 Flynn
- 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 Benton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Since Flynn is near Linn County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Linn County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Flynn
Communities Also Named Flynn ...
We found fifteen communities that are also named Flynn.
Within Oregon, the name Flynn is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Lincoln County
- This Flynn is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,835 miles [2,953.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Flynn that is located in Benton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Flynn.
- Woodruff County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Flynn [Woodruff County].
- California
- San Bernardino County
- This Flynn is located in San Bernardino County and lies 774 miles [1,245.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Flynn that is located in Benton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Flynn.
- Louisiana
- Saint Landry Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Flynn [Saint Landry Parish].
- Michigan
- Marquette County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Flynn [Marquette County].
- Minnesota
- Morrison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Flynn [Morrison County].
- Mississippi
- Lowndes County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Flynn [Lowndes County].
- Montana
- Rosebud County
- This Flynn is located in Rosebud County and lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Flynn that is located in Benton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rosebud County community of Flynn.
- North Carolina
- Moore County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Flynn [Moore County].
- Oklahoma
- Lincoln County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Flynn [Lincoln County].
- Oklahoma County
- This Flynn is located in Oklahoma County and lies 1,500 miles [2,414 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Flynn that is located in Benton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma County community of Flynn.
- Pennsylvania
- Susquehanna County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Flynn [Susquehanna County].
- Quebec
- This Flynn lies 2,751 miles [4,427.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Flynn that is located in Benton County.
- South Dakota
- Aurora County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Flynn [Aurora County].
- Texas
- Leon County
- This Flynn is located in Leon County and lies 1,737 miles [2,795.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Flynn that is located in Benton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leon County community of Flynn.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Flynn ...
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.
- Dry Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Creek is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Greenberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greenberry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenberry
- Harris
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harris is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Kings Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lewisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Noon
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Noon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noon
- Orleans
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Orleans is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Peak ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Peak is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
How Far From Flynn 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 Flynn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Flynn and extending to:
- Corvallis, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Flynn to Salem, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,387 miles [3,841.5 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 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,990 miles [11,249.3 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 7,752 miles [12,475.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,866 miles [9,440.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Flynn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Flynn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Flynn 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Flynn 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 Flynn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5413, Longitude: -123.3852 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.582 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.108 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.631 degrees. |
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