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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 Mohawk Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mohawk Junction 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 Mohawk Junction:
- 44.040959, -122.986750
- 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 Mohawk Junction
- 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 Lane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lane County
- Since Mohawk Junction is near Linn County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Linn County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Mohawk Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mohawk Junction ...
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.
- Cedar Flat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cedar Flat is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
- Cloverdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cloverdale is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Eugene
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fir Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fir Grove is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir Grove
- Jasper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mohawk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mohawk is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
- Mohawk Post ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mohawk Post is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Post
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- River Road
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- River Road is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
How Far From Mohawk Junction 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 Mohawk Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mohawk Junction and extending to:
- Eugene, which is the Seat of Lane County, lies just to the West.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Mohawk Junction 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 2,372 miles [3,817.4 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 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,016 miles [11,291.2 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 7,779 miles [12,519.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,885 miles [9,471 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mohawk Junction) 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 Mohawk Junction 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 Mohawk Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0410, Longitude: -122.9868 In this case, the coordinates for Mohawk Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.217 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.656 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.396 degrees. |
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