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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 Plum Trees, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plum Trees 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 Plum Trees:
- 42.813998, -124.356771
- 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 Plum Trees
- 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 Curry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Curry County
- Since Plum Trees is near Coos County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coos 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 Plum Trees
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plum Trees ...
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.
- Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bridge is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridge
- Cranberry Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cranberry Corners is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Corners
- Denmark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Denmark is located in Curry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Dew Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dew Valley is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew Valley
- Fourmile
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fourmile is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile
- Powers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sixes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Twomile
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Twomile is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twomile
- Winterville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Winterville is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterville
How Far From Plum Trees 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 Plum Trees to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Plum Trees and extending to:
- Gold Beach, which is the Seat of Curry County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Plum Trees to Gold Beach, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 160 miles [257.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,453 miles [3,947.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 140 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,118 miles [11,455.3 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 7,880 miles [12,681.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,993 miles [9,644.8 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 '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- Plum Trees) 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 Plum Trees 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 Plum Trees. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8140, Longitude: -124.3568 In this case, the coordinates for Plum Trees have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 342.281 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.857 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 329.323 degrees. |
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