Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in McNulty, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McNulty and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for McNulty

• 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 McNulty:
  • 45.840392, -122.841771
  • 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 McNulty

• 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
  • Since McNulty is near Clark County and also Cowlitz County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cowlitz 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 McNulty

Curious and Interesting Names Near McNulty ...

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.

• Bachelor Flat ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Bachelor Flat is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor Flat
• Blurock Landing
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Blurock Landing is located in Clark County (WA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blurock Landing
• Deer Island
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Deer Island is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Island
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deer Island <1>
• Dixie ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Dixie is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
• Dollar's Corner
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Dollar's Corner is located in Clark County (WA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar's Corner
• Good Hope
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Good Hope is located in Clark County (WA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
• Highland
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Highland is located in Clark County (WA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
• King Corner
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • King Corner is located in Clark County (WA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Corner
• Knapp
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Knapp is located in Clark County (WA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
• Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Knapp Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Knapp Landing is located in Clark County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp Landing
  • Lake Shore
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Shore is located in Clark County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
  • Lakeshore
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakeshore is located in Clark County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
  • Pioneer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Pioneer is located in Clark County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
  • Riverview ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Riverview is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Salmon Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Salmon Creek is located in Clark County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Creek

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McNulty and extending to:

• Saint Helens, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies just to the Northeast.
• Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from McNulty to Salem, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,351 miles [3,783.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,896 miles [11,098 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 7,658 miles [12,324.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,776 miles [9,295.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'