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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 Freels, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Freels 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 Freels:
- 45.432927, -117.320452
- 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 Freels
- 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 Wallowa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wallowa County
- Since Freels is near Union County and also Baker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baker 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 Freels
Curious and Interesting Names Near Freels ...
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.
- Cove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Elk Flat ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Elk Flat is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Flat
- Enterprise
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Evans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Evans is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Hurricane Grange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hurricane Grange is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Grange
- Joseph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Maxville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Maxville is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Pleasant Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Center is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Center
How Far From Freels 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 Freels to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Freels and extending to:
- Enterprise, which is the Seat of Wallowa County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 279 miles [449 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Freels to Salem, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,087 miles [3,358.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 82 days and walking would take 119 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,827 miles [10,987 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 7,594 miles [12,221.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,652 miles [9,096 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 '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- Freels) 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 Freels 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 Freels. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4329, Longitude: -117.3205 In this case, the coordinates for Freels have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.638 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.374 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.699 degrees. |
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