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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 Lorella, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lorella 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 Lorella:
- 42.137098, -121.272493
- 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 Lorella
- 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 Lorella is near Modoc County and also Siskiyou County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Modoc County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Siskiyou 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 Lorella
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lorella ...
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.
- Bonanza
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Copic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Copic is located in Modoc County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copic
- Dairy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Homestead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Homestead is located in Modoc County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Hot Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hot Springs is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Lost River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lost River is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
- Merrill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Stronghold
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Stronghold is located in Modoc County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stronghold
- Tuber
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tuber is located in Modoc County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuber
How Far From Lorella 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 Lorella to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lorella and extending to:
- Klamath Falls, which is the Seat of Klamath County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lorella to Klamath Falls, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full 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 212 miles [341.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,306 miles [3,711.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 131 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,111 miles [11,444 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 7,877 miles [12,676.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,950 miles [9,575.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lorella) 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 Lorella 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 Lorella. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1371, Longitude: -121.2725 In this case, the coordinates for Lorella have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.649 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.713 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.381 degrees. |
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