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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 Pendair, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pendair 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 Pendair:
- 45.672908, -118.838044
- 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 Pendair
- 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 Pendair is near Benton County and also Walla Walla County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walla Walla 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 Pendair
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pendair ...
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.
- Apex
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Apex is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Echo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Green Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Meadows is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Havana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Havana is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Helix
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Holdman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Holdman is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holdman
- Mission
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mission is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Pilot Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sparks
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sparks is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
How Far From Pendair to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pendair to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pendair and extending to:
- Pendleton, which is the Seat of Umatilla County, lies just to the East.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Pendair to Salem, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,160 miles [3,476.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 123 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,840 miles [11,007.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,606 miles [12,240.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,680 miles [9,141.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Pendair) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Pendair 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 Pendair. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6729, Longitude: -118.8380 In this case, the coordinates for Pendair have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.891 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.851 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.642 degrees. |
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