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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 Sailor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sailor 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 Sailor:
- 44.050956, -123.432043
- 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 Sailor
- 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 Sailor is near Douglas County and also Benton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton 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 Sailor
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sailor ...
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.
- Crow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crow is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
- Flagg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Flagg is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagg
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Globe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Globe is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Long Tom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Long Tom is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Tom
- Low Pass
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Low Pass is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Pass
- Maywood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Maywood is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Mound ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mound is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound
- Wolf Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wolf Creek is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
How Far From Sailor to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sailor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sailor and extending to:
- Eugene, which is the Seat of Lane County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Sailor to Eugene, with an average speed<2> 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 five to six hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 64 miles [103 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,394 miles [3,852.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,023 miles [11,302.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,785 miles [12,528.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,896 miles [9,488.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sailor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Sailor 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 Sailor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0510, Longitude: -123.4320 In this case, the coordinates for Sailor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.59 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.095 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.683 degrees. |
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