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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 Rutledge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rutledge 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 Rutledge:
    • 45.337904, -120.647273
    • 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 Rutledge
  • 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 Sherman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sherman County
    • Since Rutledge is near Gilliam County and also Wasco County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gilliam County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wasco 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 Rutledge

Communities Also Named Rutledge ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Rutledge.

Within Oregon, the name Rutledge is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Crenshaw County
      • This Rutledge is located in Crenshaw County and lies 2,057 miles [3,310.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Rutledge that is located in Sherman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crenshaw County community of Rutledge.
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rutledge [Jefferson County].
    • Florida
      • Alachua County
      • This Rutledge is located in Alachua County and lies 2,327 miles [3,744.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Rutledge that is located in Sherman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alachua County community of Rutledge.
      • Orange County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Rutledge [Orange County].
    • Georgia
      • Morgan County
      • This Rutledge is located in Morgan County and lies 2,110 miles [3,395.7 km]<1> to the east of the Rutledge that is located in Sherman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Rutledge.
    • Iowa
      • Wapello County
      • This Rutledge is located in Wapello County and lies 1,443 miles [2,322.3 km]<1> to the east of the Rutledge that is located in Sherman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wapello County community of Rutledge.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Rutledge is located in Harford County and lies 2,255 miles [3,629.1 km]<1> to the east of the Rutledge that is located in Sherman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Rutledge.
    • Minnesota
      • Pine County
      • This Rutledge is located in Pine County and lies 1,331 miles [2,142 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rutledge that is located in Sherman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pine County community of Rutledge.
    • Missouri
      • Knox County
      • This Rutledge is located in Knox County and lies 1,478 miles [2,378.6 km]<1> to the east of the Rutledge that is located in Sherman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Rutledge.
      • McDonald County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Rutledge [McDonald County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Delaware County
      • This Rutledge is located in Delaware County and lies 2,302 miles [3,704.7 km]<1> to the east of the Rutledge that is located in Sherman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Rutledge.
    • Tennessee
      • Grainger County
      • This Rutledge is located in Grainger County and lies 2,018 miles [3,247.7 km]<1> to the east of the Rutledge that is located in Sherman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grainger County community of Rutledge.
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha County
      • This Rutledge is located in Kanawha County and lies 2,046 miles [3,292.7 km]<1> to the east of the Rutledge that is located in Sherman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Rutledge.
    • Wisconsin
      • Grant County
      • This Rutledge is located in Grant County and lies 1,495 miles [2,406 km]<1> to the east of the Rutledge that is located in Sherman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Rutledge.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rutledge ...

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.

  • Ajax ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Ajax is located in Gilliam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
  • Boardman ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Boardman is located in Sherman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
  • Bourbon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bourbon is located in Sherman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbon
  • Dike
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dike is located in Wasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dike
  • Gordon ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Gordon is located in Sherman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
  • Grass Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Harmony
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Harmony is located in Sherman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Kent
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Monkland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Monkland is located in Sherman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkland
  • Rosebush ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Rosebush is located in Sherman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebush

How Far From Rutledge to ...

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 Rutledge to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Moro, which is the Seat of Sherman County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rutledge to Moro, with an average speed<4> 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 119 miles [191.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,249 miles [3,619.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 128 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,893 miles [11,093.2 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 7,658 miles [12,324.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,748 miles [9,250.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rutledge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rutledge 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Rutledge 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 Rutledge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3379, Longitude: -120.6473       In this case, the coordinates for Rutledge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.358 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.543 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.822 degrees.