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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 McEwen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McEwen 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 McEwen:
    • 44.700710, -118.104662
    • 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 McEwen
  • 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 Baker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baker County
    • Since McEwen is near Grant County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 McEwen

Communities Also Named McEwen ...

We found three communities that are also named McEwen.

Within Oregon, the name McEwen is unique.

Beyond Oregon, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Brunswick
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Tennessee
      • Humphreys County
      • This McEwen is located in Humphreys County and lies 1,696 miles [2,729.4 km]<1> to the east of the McEwen that is located in Baker County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humphreys County community of McEwen.
      • Williamson County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of McEwen [Williamson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near McEwen ...

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.

  • Cableville ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cableville is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cableville
  • Pocahontas ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pocahontas is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
  • Porterville ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Porterville is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
  • Quartz
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Quartz is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartz
  • Rock Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Rock Creek is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
  • Rogers
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Rogers is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
  • Salisbury
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Salisbury is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
  • Wing
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Wing is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
  • Wingville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Wingville is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingville

How Far From McEwen 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 McEwen to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McEwen and extending to:

  • Baker City, which is the Seat of Baker County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from McEwen to Baker City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 241 miles [387.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,128 miles [3,424.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 84 days and walking would take 121 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,888 miles [11,085.2 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 7,655 miles [12,319.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,715 miles [9,197.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McEwen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 McEwen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 McEwen 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 McEwen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7007, Longitude: -118.1047       In this case, the coordinates for McEwen have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.23 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.017 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.25 degrees.