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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 Sago, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sago 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 Sago:
- 45.076529, -117.849381
- 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 Sago
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Sago is near Baker County and also Grant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baker County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant 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 Sago
Communities Also Named Sago ...
We found six communities that are also named Sago.
Within Oregon, the name Sago is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Sharkey County
- This Sago is located in Sharkey County and lies 1,655 miles [2,663.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sago that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sharkey County community of Sago.
- North Carolina
- Mecklenburg 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 North Carolina community of Sago [Mecklenburg County].
- Ohio
- Muskingum 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 Ohio community of Sago [Muskingum County].
- Virginia
- Franklin County
- This Sago is located in Franklin County and lies 2,049 miles [3,297.5 km]<1> to the east of the Sago that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Sago.
- Pittsylvania 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 Virginia community of Sago [Pittsylvania County].
- West Virginia
- Upshur County
- This Sago is located in Upshur County and lies 1,958 miles [3,151.1 km]<1> to the east of the Sago that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Sago.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sago ...
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.
- Cove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Crooks
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Crooks is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooks
- Erwin ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Erwin is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
- Hot Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hot Lake is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Lake
- Little Alps
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Little Alps is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Alps
- Lone Tree
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Tree is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
- Medical Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Medical Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medical Springs
- Rock Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Union Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Union Junction is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Junction
- Wing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wing is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
- Wingville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wingville is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingville
How Far From Sago 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 Sago to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sago and extending to:
- La Grande, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sago to La Grande, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 253 miles [407.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,114 miles [3,402.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 121 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,859 miles [11,038.5 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 7,626 miles [12,272.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,687 miles [9,152.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sago) 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 Sago 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 Sago 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 Sago. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0765, Longitude: -117.8494 In this case, the coordinates for Sago have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.046 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.827 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.061 degrees. |
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