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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 Hullt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hullt 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 Hullt:
    • 44.897066, -122.640087
    • 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 Hullt
  • 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Since Hullt is near Linn County and also Clackamas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Linn County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clackamas 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 Hullt

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hullt ...

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.

  • Ale ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ale is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ale
  • Bethany
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bethany is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
  • Downs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Downs is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
  • Durbin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Durbin is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
  • Elkhorn Woods
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Elkhorn Woods is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Woods
  • Fox Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Fox Valley is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Valley
  • Jordan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jordan is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
  • Lyons
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Noble ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Noble is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
  • Silver Falls City
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Silver Falls City is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Falls City
  • Sublimity
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Young
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Young is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young

How Far From Hullt 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 Hullt 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<2> community of Hullt once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Hullt and extending to:

  • Salem, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Hullt to Salem, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take 6 hours 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,955 miles [11,193 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,718 miles [12,420.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,826 miles [9,376 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'

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>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 Hullt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hullt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Hullt 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 Hullt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8971, Longitude: -122.6401       In this case, the coordinates for Hullt have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.982 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.422 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.132 degrees.