Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mohawk Post, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mohawk Post and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mohawk Post
- 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 Post:
- 44.144014, -122.915638
- 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 Mohawk Post
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Lane County
- Since Mohawk Post is near Linn County and also Benton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Linn County
- eBird sighting report for Benton 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mohawk Post ...
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 southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
- Cedar Flat is located in Lane County
- Deerhorn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Eugene
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Eugene is located in Lane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173,236 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eugene <2>
- Fir Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Jasper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Jasper is located in Lane County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jasper <2>
- Mabel ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Mohawk
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Mohawk Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mohawk Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Junction
- Mohawk Junction is located in Lane County
- Pleasant Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Lane County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant Hill <2>
- River Road
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Road have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
- River Road is located in Lane County
- Riverview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
How Far From Mohawk Post 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 Post 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<3> community of Mohawk Post once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Mohawk Post and extending to:
- Eugene, which is the Seat of Lane County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mohawk Post to Eugene, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,368 miles [3,810.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,008 miles [11,278.3 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 7,771 miles [12,506.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,877 miles [9,458.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Lane County: www.lanecounty.org/
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Mohawk Post, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 Post) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mohawk Post. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1440, Longitude: -122.9156 In this case, the coordinates for Mohawk Post have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mohawk Post 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 341.164 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.599 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.346 degrees. |