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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 Kerry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kerry 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 Kerry:
    • 46.120944, -123.351792
    • 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 Kerry
  • 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
    • Since Kerry is near Clatsop County and also Wahkiakum County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clatsop County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wahkiakum 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 Kerry

Communities Also Named Kerry ...

We found three communities that are also named Kerry.

Within Oregon, the name Kerry is unique.

Beyond Oregon, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Grand Traverse 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 Kerry [Grand Traverse County].
    • North Dakota
      • Walsh County
      • This Kerry is located in Walsh County and lies 1,201 miles [1,932.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Kerry that is located in Columbia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walsh County community of Kerry.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Kerry.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kerry ...

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.

  • Eagle Cliff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Eagle Cliff is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Cliff
  • Fishhawk ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Fishhawk is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishhawk
  • Flandersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Flandersville is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flandersville
  • Marshland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Marshland is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshland
  • Mist
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mist is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mist
  • Natal
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Natal is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natal
  • Neverstill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Neverstill is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neverstill
  • Sleepy Hollow
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sleepy Hollow is located in Wahkiakum County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
  • Swedetown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Swedetown is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown

How Far From Kerry 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 Kerry to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kerry and extending to:

  • Saint Helens, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kerry to Saint Helens, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 83 miles [133.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,374 miles [3,820.6 km] to the east (E). Driving 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 6,886 miles [11,081.9 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 7,647 miles [12,306.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,772 miles [9,289.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Kerry 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Kerry) 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 Kerry 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 Kerry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1209, Longitude: -123.3518       In this case, the coordinates for Kerry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.646 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.256 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.527 degrees.