Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mission, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mission and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mission
- 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 Mission:
- 45.667499, -118.683869
- 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 Mission
- 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 Umatilla County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Umatilla County
- Since Mission is near Union County and also Walla Walla County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Union County
- eBird sighting report for Walla Walla 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 Mission ...
We found 24 communities that share the name Mission.
Within Oregon, the name Mission is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 24 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- British Columbia
- This Mission lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Mission that is located in Umatilla County.
- California
- Los Angeles County
- This Mission is located in Los Angeles County and lies 770 miles [1,239.2 km]<2> to the south of the Mission that is located in Umatilla County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Mission.
- San Francisco County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Mission [San Francisco County].
- San Luis Obispo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Mission [San Luis Obispo County].
- Santa Barbara County
- This Mission is located in Santa Barbara County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km] to the south of the Mission that is located in Umatilla County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Barbara County community of Mission.
- Santa Clara County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Mission [Santa Clara County].
- Yuba County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Yuba County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yuba County community of Mission.
- Delaware
- Idaho
- Kansas
- Harvey County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mission [Harvey County].
- Johnson County
- This Mission is located in Johnson County and lies 1,303 miles [2,097 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Mission that is located in Umatilla County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Mission.
- Neosho County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mission [Neosho County].
- Shawnee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mission [Shawnee County].
- Michigan
- Baraga County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Mission [Baraga County].
- Chippewa County
- This Mission is located in Chippewa County and lies 1,621 miles [2,608.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Mission that is located in Umatilla County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chippewa County community of Mission.
- Minnesota
- Montana
- Nebraska
- North Carolina
- Cherokee County
- This Mission is located in Cherokee County and lies 1,950 miles [3,138.2 km]<2> to the east of the Mission that is located in Umatilla County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Mission.
- Stanly County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Mission [Stanly County].
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mission ...
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.
- Apex
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Green Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Green Meadows is located in Umatilla County
- Havana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Helix
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helix have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helix
- Helix is located in Umatilla County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helix <5>
- Holdman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest) - Pilot Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Rock
- Pilot Rock is located in Umatilla County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,507 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pilot Rock <5>
- Sparks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Thorn Hollow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thorn Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hollow
- Thorn Hollow is located in Umatilla County
How Far From Mission 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 Mission to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mission and extending to:
- Pendleton, which is the Seat of Umatilla County, lies just to the West.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Mission to Salem, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,152 miles [3,463.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 84 days and walking would take 123 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,837 miles [11,003.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,604 miles [12,237.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,676 miles [9,134.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mission. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Umatilla County: www.co.umatilla.or.us/
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Mission 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Mission) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mission. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6675, Longitude: -118.6839 In this case, the coordinates for Mission have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Mission, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Mission to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.764 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.703 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.544 degrees. |