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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 Hermiston Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hermiston Junction 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 Hermiston Junction:
- 45.917910, -119.305572
- 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 Hermiston Junction
- 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 Umatilla County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Umatilla County
- Since Hermiston Junction is near Benton County and also Morrow County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morrow 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 Hermiston Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hermiston Junction ...
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.
- Bucks Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bucks Corners is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Corners
- Cold Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cold Springs is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Echo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Juniper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Juniper is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Longview
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Longview is located in Benton County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Ordnance ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ordnance is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordnance
- Plymouth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plymouth is located in Benton County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Power City
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Power City is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power City
How Far From Hermiston Junction 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 Hermiston Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hermiston Junction and extending to:
- Pendleton, which is the Seat of Umatilla County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hermiston Junction to Pendleton, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 192 miles [309 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,181 miles [3,510 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 86 days and walking would take 124 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,832 miles [10,995 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 7,598 miles [12,227.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,679 miles [9,139.5 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- Hermiston Junction) 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 Hermiston Junction 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 Hermiston Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9179, Longitude: -119.3056 In this case, the coordinates for Hermiston Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.288 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.329 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.922 degrees. |
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