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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 Forest Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forest Crossing 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 Forest Crossing:
- 44.348733, -121.080865
- 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 Forest Crossing
- 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 Crook County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crook County
- Since Forest Crossing is near Deschutes County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Deschutes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Forest Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Forest Crossing ...
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.
- Alfalfa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cloverdale is located in Deschutes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Geneva ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Grandview ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Grandview is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Grizzly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grizzly is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzly
- Lower Bridge ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lower Bridge is located in Deschutes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Bridge
- Opal City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Opal City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal City
- Plainview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plainview is located in Deschutes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
How Far From Forest Crossing 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 Forest Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Forest Crossing and extending to:
- Prineville, which is the Seat of Crook County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Forest Crossing to Prineville, with an average speed<3> 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 104 miles [167.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,276 miles [3,662.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 130 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,965 miles [11,209.1 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 7,729 miles [12,438.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,817 miles [9,361.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forest Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Forest Crossing 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 Forest Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3487, Longitude: -121.0809 In this case, the coordinates for Forest Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.653 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.835 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.159 degrees. |
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