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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 Luse, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Luse 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 Luse:
- 43.995996, -117.074610
- 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 Luse
- 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 Malheur County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Malheur County
- Since Luse is near Payette County and also Canyon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Payette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Canyon 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 Luse
Curious and Interesting Names Near Luse ...
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.
- Apple Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Apple Valley is located in Canyon County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Valley
- Cairo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cairo is located in Malheur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Crystal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal is located in Washington County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Dennis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dennis is located in Malheur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Fruitland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gayway Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gayway Corner is located in Payette County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayway Corner
- Home ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Home is located in Malheur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home
- Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hope is located in Malheur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Paris ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Paris is located in Malheur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
How Far From Luse 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 Luse to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Luse and extending to:
- Vale, which is the Seat of Malheur County, lies just to the West.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Luse to Salem, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,081 miles [3,349 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 82 days and walking would take 119 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,913 miles [11,125.4 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 7,681 miles [12,361.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,726 miles [9,215.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 '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- Luse) 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 Luse 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 Luse. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9960, Longitude: -117.0746 In this case, the coordinates for Luse have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.342 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.931 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.656 degrees. |
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