Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mount Hood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Hood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mount Hood
- 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 Mount Hood:
- 45.537219, -121.567936
- 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 Mount Hood
- 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 Hood River County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hood River County
- Since Mount Hood is near Wasco County and also Skamania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wasco County
- eBird sighting report for Skamania 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 Mount Hood ...
We found one communities that share the name Mount Hood.
There is one other community in Oregon which is also named Mount Hood.
Beyond Oregon.
- Communities Located In Oregon ...
- Wasco 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 Oregon community of Mount Hood [Wasco County].
- Wasco County
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Hood ...
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.
- Cook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Dee ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Home Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Home Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Valley
- Home Valley is located in Skamania County (WA)
- Hood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Hood is located in Skamania County (WA)
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Hood
- From Mount Hood to Hood
- Hood River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood River
- Hood River is located in Hood River County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,793 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hood River <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Hood River
- From Mount Hood to Hood River
- Oak Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Straight Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Straight Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Point
- Straight Point is located in Klickitat County (WA)
- Windmaster Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windmaster Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmaster Corner
- Windmaster Corner is located in Hood River County
How Far From Mount Hood 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 Mount Hood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Mount Hood and extending to:
- Hood River, which is the Seat of Hood River County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Mount Hood to Hood River, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 82 miles [132 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,292 miles [3,688.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 131 days.
- The shortest distance<6> 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).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,660 miles [12,327.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,761 miles [9,271.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mount Hood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Hood River County: www.co.hood-river.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 Mount Hood 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> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mount Hood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Hood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5372, Longitude: -121.5679 |
| <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 Mount Hood 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 340.131 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.458 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.402 degrees. |