Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Johnson City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Johnson City and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Johnson City
- 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 Johnson City:
- 45.404500, -122.579430
- 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 Johnson City
- 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 Clackamas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clackamas County
- Since Johnson City is near Multnomah County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Multnomah County
- eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Johnson City ...
We found six communities that share the name Johnson City.
Within Oregon, the name Johnson City is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Hamilton 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 Kansas community of Johnson City [Hamilton County].
- Missouri
- Saint Clair County
- This Johnson City is located in Saint Clair County and lies 1,549 miles [2,492.9 km]<2> to the east of the Johnson City that is located in Clackamas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Johnson City.
- New York
- Broome County
- This Johnson City is located in Broome County and lies 2,303 miles [3,706.3 km]<2> to the east of the Johnson City that is located in Clackamas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broome County community of Johnson City.
- South Carolina
- Spartanburg County
- This Johnson City is located in Spartanburg County and lies 2,232 miles [3,592.1 km]<2> to the east of the Johnson City that is located in Clackamas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Johnson City.
- Tennessee
- Washington County
- This Johnson City is located in Washington County and lies 2,166 miles [3,485.8 km]<2> to the east of the Johnson City that is located in Clackamas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Johnson City.
- Texas
- Blanco County
- This Johnson City is located in Blanco County and lies 1,670 miles [2,687.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Johnson City that is located in Clackamas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blanco County community of Johnson City.
- Kansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Johnson City ...
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.
- Bell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Bolton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Carver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver
- Carver is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carver <4>
- Christie ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christie
- Christie is located in Clackamas County
- Elk Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Errol
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Errol Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Errol Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Errol Heights
- Errol Heights is located in Multnomah County
- Fair Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Fern Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fern Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Ridge
- Fern Ridge is located in Clackamas County
- Glen Echo
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Happy Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Happy Valley is located in Clackamas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,781 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Happy Valley <4>
- Harmony
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Harmony Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmony Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Point
- Harmony Point is located in Clackamas County
- Jennings Lodge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Lodge
- Jennings Lodge is located in Clackamas County
- Johns Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johns Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Landing
- Johns Landing is located in Multnomah County
- Kellogg Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kellogg Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg Park
- Kellogg Park is located in Multnomah County
- Knight
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Ladd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Luther
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Marylhurst
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marylhurst
- Marylhurst is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marylhurst <4>
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Clackamas County
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Oak Grove is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Grove <4>
- Oatfield
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Outlook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Riverwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Sunnyside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Sunset
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony Point
How Far From Johnson City 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 city such as Johnson City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Johnson City and extending to:
- Oregon City, which is the Seat of Clackamas County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Johnson City to Salem, with an average speed<5> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,342 miles [3,769.1 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 133 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,921 miles [11,138.3 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 7,683 miles [12,364.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,794 miles [9,324.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Johnson City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Clackamas County: www.co.clackamas.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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Johnson City 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Johnson City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Johnson City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4045, Longitude: -122.5794 In this case, the coordinates for Johnson City 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Johnson City 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 340.963 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.423 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.065 degrees. |