Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Maxville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maxville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Maxville
- 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 Maxville:
- 45.746037, -117.557404
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Maxville
- 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 Wallowa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wallowa County
- Since Maxville is near Union County and also Asotin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Union County
- eBird sighting report for Asotin 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Maxville ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Maxville.
Within Oregon, the name Maxville is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Indiana
- Randolph County
- This Maxville is located in Randolph County and lies 1,672 miles [2,690.8 km]<1> to the east of the Maxville that is located in Wallowa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Maxville.
- Spencer County
- This Maxville is located in Spencer County and lies 1,656 miles [2,665.1 km] to the east of the Maxville that is located in Wallowa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spencer County community of Maxville.
- Kentucky
- Missouri
- Jasper County
- This Maxville is located in Jasper County and lies 1,335 miles [2,148.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Maxville that is located in Wallowa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Maxville.
- Jefferson County
- This Maxville is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,472 miles [2,369 km] to the east of the Maxville that is located in Wallowa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Maxville.
- Montana
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Maxville lies 2,041 miles [3,284.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Maxville that is located in Wallowa County.
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maxville ...
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.
- Cabin Creek ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cabin Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Cabin Creek is located in Union County
- Eden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Elk Flat ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Evans
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Evans is located in Wallowa County
- Flora ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
- Flora is located in Wallowa County
- Grouse
(18 miles [29 km] to the north) - Looking Glass ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Looking Glass have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looking Glass
- Looking Glass is located in Union County
- Promise ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise
- Promise is located in Wallowa County
How Far From Maxville 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 Maxville 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<4> community of Maxville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Maxville and extending to:
- Enterprise, which is the Seat of Wallowa County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Maxville to Enterprise, with an average speed<5> 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 most of a day.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 271 miles [436.1 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,098 miles [3,376.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 82 days and walking would take 120 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,811 miles [10,961.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,578 miles [12,195.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,641 miles [9,078.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Wallowa County: www.co.wallowa.or.us/
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Maxville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Maxville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7460, Longitude: -117.5574 |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Maxville 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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 Maxville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Maxville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.85 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.642 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.823 degrees. |