Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Narrows, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Narrows and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Narrows
- 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 Narrows:
- 43.279041, -118.962153
- 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 Narrows
- 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 Harney County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Harney 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 Narrows ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Narrows.
There is one other community in Oregon which is also named Narrows.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Oregon ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Delaware
- Florida
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Manitoba
- This Narrows lies 1,084 miles [1,744.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Narrows that is located in Harney County.
- Maryland
- Nevada
- New York
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This Narrows lies 2,668 miles [4,293.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Narrows that is located in Harney County.
- Ontario
- This Narrows lies 2,120 miles [3,411.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Narrows that is located in Harney County.
- Virginia
- Giles County
- This Narrows is located in Giles County and lies 2,032 miles [3,270.2 km]<1> to the east of the Narrows that is located in Harney County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Giles County community of Narrows.
- Roanoke County
- This Narrows is located in Roanoke County and lies 2,078 miles [3,344.2 km] to the east of the Narrows that is located in Harney County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Narrows.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Narrows ...
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.
- Burns
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burns have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Burns is located in Harney County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,791 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burns <5>
- Crane
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
- Crane is located in Harney County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crane <5>
- Diamond
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Diamond is located in Harney County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamond <5>
- Indian Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Indian Village is located in Harney County
- Poison Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poison Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poison Creek
- Poison Creek is located in Harney County
- Voltage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
How Far From Narrows 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 Narrows 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 community of Narrows once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Narrows and extending to:
- Burns, which is the Seat of Harney County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Narrows to Burns, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 231 miles [371.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,179 miles [3,506.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 86 days and walking would take 124 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,995 miles [11,257.4 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 7,762 miles [12,491.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,820 miles [9,366.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Harney County: www.co.harney.or.us/
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Narrows) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Narrows. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2790, Longitude: -118.9622 In this case, the coordinates for Narrows have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Narrows, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Narrows 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. |
| <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 Narrows 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 337.83 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.632 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.879 degrees. |