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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 Nye, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nye 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 Nye:
- 45.460407, -118.979995
- 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 Nye
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Umatilla County
- Since Nye is near Morrow County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morrow County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Nye
Communities Also Named Nye ...
We found nine communities that are also named Nye.
There is one other community in Oregon that is also named Nye.
Beyond Oregon, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Oregon ...
- Linn County
- This Nye is located in Linn County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Nye that is located in Umatilla County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Nye.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Marshall County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Nye [Marshall County].
- Kansas
- Meade County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Meade County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meade County community of Nye.
- Montana
- Park County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Nye [Park County].
- Stillwater County
- This Nye is located in Stillwater County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the east of the Nye that is located in Umatilla County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stillwater County community of Nye.
- North Carolina
- Alamance County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Nye [Alamance County].
- Texas
- Webb County
- This Nye is located in Webb County and lies 1,632 miles [2,626.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Nye that is located in Umatilla County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webb County community of Nye.
- West Virginia
- Putnam County
- This Nye is located in Putnam County and lies 1,942 miles [3,125.3 km]<1> to the east of the Nye that is located in Umatilla County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Nye.
- Wisconsin
- Polk County
- This Nye is located in Polk County and lies 1,274 miles [2,050.3 km]<1> to the east of the Nye that is located in Umatilla County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Nye.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nye ...
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.
- Butter Creek Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Echo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Meadows
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Green Meadows is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Havana
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Havana is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Lena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lena is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Mission
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mission is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Pilot Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pine City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pine City is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Sparks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sparks is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
How Far From Nye 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 Nye to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Nye and extending to:
- Pendleton, which is the Seat of Umatilla County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Nye to Pendleton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 200 miles [321.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,167 miles [3,487.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 124 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,856 miles [11,033.7 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 7,622 miles [12,266.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,696 miles [9,166.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nye) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Nye 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. |
| <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 Nye, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Nye 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 Nye. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4604, Longitude: -118.9800 In this case, the coordinates for Nye have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.994 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.958 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.749 degrees. |
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