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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 Irvinville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Irvinville 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 Irvinville:
- 44.561177, -122.955463
- 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 Irvinville
- 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 Linn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Linn County
- Since Irvinville is near Benton County and also Marion 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 Marion 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 Irvinville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Irvinville ...
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.
- Central ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Central is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Crabtree
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Crowfoot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crowfoot is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowfoot
- Fry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fry is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- Long Pass
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Long Pass is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pass
- Plainview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plainview is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Rock Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rock Hill is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Sodaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spicer
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Spicer is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicer
- Tangent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
How Far From Irvinville 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 Irvinville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Irvinville and extending to:
- Albany, which is the Seat of Linn County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Irvinville to Salem, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,366 miles [3,807.7 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 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,982 miles [11,236.4 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 7,744 miles [12,462.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,854 miles [9,421.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Irvinville) 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 Irvinville 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 Irvinville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5612, Longitude: -122.9555 In this case, the coordinates for Irvinville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.224 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.689 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.352 degrees. |
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