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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 Lenz, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lenz 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 Lenz:
- 42.937911, -121.819744
- 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 Lenz
- 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 Klamath County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Klamath County
- Since Lenz is near Douglas County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Lenz
Communities Also Named Lenz ...
We found three communities that are also named Lenz.
There is one other community in Oregon that is also named Lenz.
Beyond Oregon, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Oregon ...
- Hood River County
- This Lenz is located in Hood River County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<1> to the north of the Lenz that is located in Klamath County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hood River County community of Lenz.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Saint Clair County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lenz [Saint Clair County].
- Texas
- Karnes County
- This Lenz is located in Karnes County and lies 1,643 miles [2,644.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lenz that is located in Klamath County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Karnes County community of Lenz.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lenz ...
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.
- Beaver Marsh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Beaver Marsh is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Marsh
- Crystal ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Diamond Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Pine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lone Pine is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Pine Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pine Ridge is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Rocky Ford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ford is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
How Far From Lenz to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lenz to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lenz and extending to:
- Klamath Falls, which is the Seat of Klamath County, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Lenz to Klamath Falls, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 150 miles [241.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,325 miles [3,741.7 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 7,069 miles [11,376.5 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 7,834 miles [12,607.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,919 miles [9,525.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Lenz) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Lenz 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Lenz 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 Lenz. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9379, Longitude: -121.8197 In this case, the coordinates for Lenz have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.166 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.365 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.696 degrees. |
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