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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 Hamricks Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hamricks Corner 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 Hamricks Corner:
- 45.151232, -122.681757
- 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 Hamricks Corner
- 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 Clackamas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clackamas County
- Since Hamricks Corner is near Marion County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Hamricks Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hamricks Corner ...
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.
- Aurora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dryland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dryland is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryland
- Elliott Prairie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Elliott Prairie is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Prairie
- Liberal
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberal is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Lone Elder
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lone Elder is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elder
- Macksburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Macksburg is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksburg
- Monitor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monitor is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Needy ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Needy is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needy
- Rural Dell
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rural Dell is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Dell
- Shady Dell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shady Dell is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Dell
- Union Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Mills is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Whiskey Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whiskey Hill is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Hill
How Far From Hamricks Corner 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 Hamricks Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hamricks Corner and extending to:
- Oregon City, which is the Seat of Clackamas County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hamricks Corner to Oregon City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,348 miles [3,778.7 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 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,939 miles [11,167.2 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 7,702 miles [12,395.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,812 miles [9,353.5 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hamricks Corner) 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 Hamricks Corner 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 Hamricks Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1512, Longitude: -122.6818 In this case, the coordinates for Hamricks Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.033 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.493 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.145 degrees. |
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