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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 Pratum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pratum 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 Pratum:
- 44.959010, -122.878703
- 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 Pratum
- 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Since Pratum is near Polk County and also Clackamas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clackamas 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 Pratum
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pratum ...
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.
- Badger Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Badger Corner is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger Corner
- Bethany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bethany is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Clear Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Lake is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Downs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Downs is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
- Durbin
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Durbin is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Four Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Four Corners is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Fruitland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fruitland is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Hazel Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel Green is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Mount Angel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pringle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pringle is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
How Far From Pratum 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 Pratum to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pratum and extending to:
- Salem, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies just to the West.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies just to the west (W).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,359 miles [3,796.4 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Pratum to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 5 days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 134 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 93 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,954 miles [11,191.4 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 7,717 miles [12,419.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,828 miles [9,379.3 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pratum) 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 Pratum 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 Pratum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9590, Longitude: -122.8787 In this case, the coordinates for Pratum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.185 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.662 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.283 degrees. |
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