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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 Lamonta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lamonta 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 Lamonta:
- 44.469289, -121.035868
- 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 Lamonta
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Lamonta is near Crook County and also Deschutes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crook County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Deschutes 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 Lamonta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lamonta ...
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.
- Cloverdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Deschutes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Forest Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Forest Crossing is located in Crook County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Crossing
- Geneva ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Geneva is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Grandview ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Grandview is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Grizzly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grizzly is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzly
- Jumpoff Joe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jumpoff Joe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpoff Joe
- Lower Bridge ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Bridge is located in Deschutes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Bridge
- Opal City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Opal City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal City
- Warm Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Lamonta 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 Lamonta 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 Lamonta once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Lamonta and extending to:
- Madras, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lamonta to Madras, with an average speed<4> 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 103 miles [165.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,273 miles [3,658 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 130 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,956 miles [11,194.6 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 7,721 miles [12,425.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- 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).<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 Lamonta, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lamonta) 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 Lamonta 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 Lamonta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4693, Longitude: -121.0359 In this case, the coordinates for Lamonta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.623 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.807 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.124 degrees. |
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