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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 Saginaw, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saginaw 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 Saginaw:
    • 43.832654, -123.045226
    • 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 Saginaw
  • 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 Lane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lane County
    • Since Saginaw is near Douglas County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Saginaw

Communities Also Named Saginaw ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Saginaw.

Within Oregon, the name Saginaw is unique.

Beyond Oregon, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Shelby County
      • This Saginaw is located in Shelby County and lies 2,071 miles [3,333 km]<1> to the east of the Saginaw that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Saginaw.
    • Arizona
      • Cochise County
      • This Saginaw is located in Cochise County and lies 1,115 miles [1,794.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Saginaw that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cochise County community of Saginaw.
    • Arkansas
      • Hot Spring County
      • This Saginaw is located in Hot Spring County and lies 1,731 miles [2,785.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Saginaw that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hot Spring County community of Saginaw.
    • Georgia
      • Coffee County
      • This Saginaw is located in Coffee County and lies 2,337 miles [3,761 km]<1> to the east of the Saginaw that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Saginaw.
    • Michigan
      • Saginaw County
      • This Saginaw is located in Saginaw County and lies 1,936 miles [3,115.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Saginaw that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saginaw County community of Saginaw.
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Saginaw is located in Saint Louis County and lies 1,490 miles [2,397.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Saginaw that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Saginaw.
    • Missouri
      • Newton County
      • This Saginaw is located in Newton County and lies 1,564 miles [2,517 km]<1> to the east of the Saginaw that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Saginaw.
    • New York
      • Franklin 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 New York community of Saginaw [Franklin County].
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Saginaw.
    • Pennsylvania
      • York County
      • This Saginaw is located in York County and lies 2,364 miles [3,804.5 km]<1> to the east of the Saginaw that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Saginaw.
    • Texas
      • Tarrant County
      • This Saginaw is located in Tarrant County and lies 1,574 miles [2,533.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Saginaw that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tarrant County community of Saginaw.
    • Washington
      • Grays Harbor County
      • This Saginaw is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<1> to the north of the Saginaw that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Saginaw.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Saginaw ...

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.

How Far From Saginaw 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 Saginaw to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Eugene, which is the Seat of Lane County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Saginaw to Eugene, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,377 miles [3,825.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,031 miles [11,315.3 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 7,794 miles [12,543.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,899 miles [9,493.5 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Saginaw) 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 Saginaw 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 Saginaw 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 Saginaw. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8327, Longitude: -123.0452    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.252 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.688 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.443 degrees.