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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 Ladd Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ladd Hill 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 Ladd Hill:
- 45.274286, -122.856208
- 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 Ladd Hill
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clackamas County
- Since Ladd Hill is near Marion County and also Yamhill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yamhill 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 Ladd Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ladd Hill ...
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.
- Advance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Advance is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Aurora
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Charbonneau
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Charbonneau is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charbonneau
- Donald
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dundee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fargo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fargo is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Hoodview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hoodview is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoodview
- Six Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Six Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Corners
- Springbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Springbrook is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Whiskey Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Whiskey Hill is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Hill
How Far From Ladd Hill 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 Ladd Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ladd Hill and extending to:
- Oregon City, which is the Seat of Clackamas County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ladd Hill to Oregon City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 24 miles [38.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,356 miles [3,791.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,933 miles [11,157.6 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 7,696 miles [12,385.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,809 miles [9,348.7 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ladd Hill) 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 Ladd Hill 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 Ladd Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2743, Longitude: -122.8562 In this case, the coordinates for Ladd Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.185 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.677 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.252 degrees. |
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