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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 Gateway, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gateway 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 Gateway:
- 44.775399, -121.082824
- 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 Gateway
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Gateway is near Wasco County and also Crook County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wasco County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crook 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 Gateway
Communities Also Named Gateway ...
We found seventeen communities that are also named Gateway.
Within Oregon, the name Gateway is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- This Gateway lies 1,619 miles [2,605.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Gateway that is located in Jefferson County.
- Arkansas
- Benton County
- This Gateway is located in Benton County and lies 1,524 miles [2,452.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Gateway that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Gateway.
- British Columbia
- This Gateway lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<1> to the north of the Gateway that is located in Jefferson County.
- California
- Los Angeles 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 California community of Gateway [Los Angeles County].
- Nevada County
- This Gateway is located in Nevada County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<1> to the south of the Gateway that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Gateway.
- Colorado
- Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Gateway [Arapahoe County].
- Douglas County
- This Gateway is located in Douglas County and lies 901 miles [1,450 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Gateway that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Gateway.
- Mesa County
- This Gateway is located in Mesa County and lies 751 miles [1,208.6 km] to the east southeast of the Gateway that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mesa County community of Gateway.
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Gateway is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,407 miles [3,873.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Gateway that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Gateway.
- Lee County
- This Gateway is located in Lee County and lies 2,504 miles [4,029.8 km] to the east southeast of the Gateway that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Gateway.
- Georgia
- Thomas 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 Georgia community of Gateway [Thomas County].
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- This Gateway is located in Frederick County and lies 2,235 miles [3,596.9 km]<1> to the east of the Gateway that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Gateway.
- Missouri
- Saint Louis City
- 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 Missouri community of Gateway [Saint Louis City].
- Montana
- Lincoln County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Gateway [Lincoln County].
- Nevada
- Clark County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Clark County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Gateway.
- Ontario
- This Gateway lies 1,991 miles [3,204.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Gateway that is located in Jefferson County.
- Utah
- Morgan 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 Utah community of Gateway [Morgan County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gateway ...
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.
- Antelope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Donnybrook ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Donnybrook is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnybrook
- Former names for Donnybrook:
- Axehandle
- Kilts
- Grandview ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Grizzly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grizzly is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzly
- Hardy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hardy is located in Wasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
- Jumpoff Joe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jumpoff Joe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpoff Joe
- Warm Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Whiskey Dick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Whiskey Dick is located in Wasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Dick
How Far From Gateway to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Gateway to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gateway and extending to:
- Madras, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Gateway to Madras, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,273 miles [3,658 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,937 miles [11,164 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 7,702 miles [12,395.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,792 miles [9,321.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gateway) 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 Gateway 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> | 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 Gateway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Gateway 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 Gateway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7754, Longitude: -121.0828 In this case, the coordinates for Gateway have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.682 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.892 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.136 degrees. |
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