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 Round Prairie:
43.088172, -123.369514
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.
We found six communities that share the name Round Prairie.
Within Oregon, the name Round Prairie is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
British Columbia
This Round Prairie lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Round Prairie that is located in Douglas County.
Illinois
Wayne County
This Round Prairie is located in Wayne County and lies 1,835 miles [2,953.1 km]<1> to the east of the Round Prairie that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Round Prairie.
Minnesota
Todd County
This Round Prairie is located in Todd County and lies 1,408 miles [2,266 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Round Prairie that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Todd County community of Round Prairie.
Montana
Flathead County
This Round Prairie is located in Flathead County and lies 565 miles [909.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Round Prairie that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Flathead County community of Round Prairie.
Texas
Navarro County
This Round Prairie is located in Navarro County and lies 1,662 miles [2,674.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Round Prairie that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navarro County community of Round Prairie.
Robertson County
This Round Prairie is located in Robertson County and lies 1,683 miles [2,708.5 km] to the east southeast of the Round Prairie that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robertson County community of Round Prairie.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Round Prairie ...
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.
Civil Bend ‑ Historic (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Civil Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Round Prairie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Round Prairie and extending to:
Roseburg, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Round Prairie to Roseburg, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 128 miles [206 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,401 miles [3,864 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 137 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,085 miles [11,402.2 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 7,848 miles [12,630.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,951 miles [9,577.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Round Prairie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Round Prairie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0882, Longitude: -123.3695 In this case, the coordinates for Round Prairie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Round Prairie to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.472 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.913 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.68 degrees.