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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 Jawbone Flats, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jawbone Flats 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 Jawbone Flats:
- 44.846900, -122.209300
- 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 Jawbone Flats
- 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 Jawbone Flats 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 Jawbone Flats
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jawbone Flats ...
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.
- Elkhorn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elkhorn is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Elkhorn Woods
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Elkhorn Woods is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Woods
- Fox Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fox Valley is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Valley
- Gates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Star
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lone Star is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Lyons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Marion Forks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marion Forks is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Forks
- Ripplebrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ripplebrook is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripplebrook
- Silver Falls City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Silver Falls City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Falls City
- Three Lynx
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Three Lynx is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Lynx
How Far From Jawbone Flats 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 Jawbone Flats 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 Jawbone Flats once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Jawbone Flats and extending to:
- Salem, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Jawbone Flats to Salem, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 40 miles [64.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,327 miles [3,744.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,951 miles [11,186.6 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 7,715 miles [12,416.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,818 miles [9,363.2 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 Jawbone Flats, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jawbone Flats) 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 Jawbone Flats 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 Jawbone Flats. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8469, Longitude: -122.2093 In this case, the coordinates for Jawbone Flats have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.621 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.996 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.856 degrees. |
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