Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Highland Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highland Station and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Highland Station
- 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 Highland Station:
- 44.957620, -123.028430
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Highland Station
- 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Since Highland Station is near Polk County and also Yamhill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Polk County
- eBird sighting report for Yamhill 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Highland Station ...
We found two communities that share the name Highland Station.
Within Oregon, the name Highland Station is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Oakland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Highland Station [Oakland County].
- Ohio
- Highland County
- This Highland Station is located in Highland County and lies 2,035 miles [3,275 km]<2> to the east of the Highland Station that is located in Marion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highland County community of Highland Station.
- Michigan
Curious and Interesting Names Near Highland Station ...
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.
- Badger Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger Corner
- Badger Corner is located in Marion County
- Brush College
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brush College have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush College
- Brush College is located in Polk County
- Clear Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clear Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Clear Lake is located in Marion County
- Durbin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Four Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Four Corners is located in Marion County
- Fruitland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Hazel Green
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazel Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Hazel Green is located in Marion County
- Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Lincoln
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Lincoln is located in Polk County
- Pringle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
How Far From Highland Station to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Highland Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Highland Station once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Highland Station and extending to:
- Salem, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies just to the South.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies just to the south (S).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,366 miles [3,807.7 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Highland Station to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 5 days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 135 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 93 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,957 miles [11,196.2 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 7,719 miles [12,422.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,832 miles [9,385.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Marion County: www.co.marion.or.us/
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Highland Station 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Highland Station) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Highland Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9576, Longitude: -123.0284 In this case, the coordinates for Highland Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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 Highland Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Highland Station to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.31 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.808 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.38 degrees. |