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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 Overland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Overland and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Overland:
    • 43.245388, -124.224000
    • 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 Overland
  • 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 Coos County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coos County
    • Since Overland is near Curry County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Curry 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 Overland

Communities Also Named Overland ...

We found six communities that are also named Overland.

Within Oregon, the name Overland is unique.

Beyond Oregon, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Overland is located in Saint Louis County and lies 1,780 miles [2,864.6 km]<1> to the east of the Overland that is located in Coos County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Overland.
    • Nebraska
      • Hamilton County
      • This Overland is located in Hamilton County and lies 1,345 miles [2,164.6 km]<1> to the east of the Overland that is located in Coos County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Overland.
    • Nevada
      • Elko County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Elko County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Overland.
    • Texas
      • Hopkins County
      • This Overland is located in Hopkins County and lies 1,684 miles [2,710.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Overland that is located in Coos County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hopkins County community of Overland.
    • Virginia
      • Mecklenburg County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Overland [Mecklenburg County].
    • Wyoming
      • Carbon County
      • This Overland is located in Carbon County and lies 893 miles [1,437.1 km]<1> to the east of the Overland that is located in Coos County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of Overland.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Overland ...

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 Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Point is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
  • Chrome
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Chrome is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrome
  • Crown Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Crown Point is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point
  • Empire
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Empire is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
  • Green Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Green Acres is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Kings Landing ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Kings Landing is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Landing
  • Lee ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lee is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
  • Libby
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Libby is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby
  • Prosper
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Prosper is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosper
  • Randolph
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Randolph is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph

How Far From Overland 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 Overland to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Overland and extending to:

  • Coquille, which is the Seat of Coos County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Overland to Salem, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,441 miles [3,928.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 139 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,088 miles [11,407 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,850 miles [12,633.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,964 miles [9,598.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Overland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Overland, 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 Overland 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>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.
<5>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 Overland 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 Overland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2454, Longitude: -124.2240       In this case, the coordinates for Overland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 342.20 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.779 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 329.224 degrees.