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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 Salado, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Salado 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 Salado:
    • 44.553453, -123.786778
    • 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 Salado
  • 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
    • Since Salado is near Benton County and also Lane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lane 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 Salado

Communities Also Named Salado ...

We found five communities that are also named Salado.

There is one other community in Oregon that is also named Salado.

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

  • Communities Located In Oregon ...
    • Benton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Salado [Benton County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Apache County
      • This Salado is located in Apache County and lies 1,034 miles [1,664.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Salado that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Apache County community of Salado.
    • Arkansas
      • Independence County
      • This Salado is located in Independence County and lies 1,792 miles [2,883.9 km]<2> to the east of the Salado that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Independence County community of Salado.
    • New Mexico
      • DeBaca County
      • This Salado is located in DeBaca County and lies 1,234 miles [1,985.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Salado that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeBaca County community of Salado.
    • Texas
      • Bell County
      • This Salado is located in Bell County and lies 1,701 miles [2,737.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Salado that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bell County community of Salado.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Salado ...

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.

  • Burpee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Burpee is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burpee
  • Chitwood ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Chitwood is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chitwood
  • Elk City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Elk City is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
  • Glen ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Glen is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
  • Little Elk ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Little Elk is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Elk
  • Moody
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Moody is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
  • Pioneer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pioneer is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
  • Pioneer City ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pioneer City is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer City
  • Sunnyridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Sunnyridge is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyridge

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

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

  • Newport, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Salado to Newport, with an average speed<3> 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 45 miles [72.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,407 miles [3,873.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,995 miles [11,257.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,757 miles [12,483.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,875 miles [9,454.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Salado 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.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Salado) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Salado 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 Salado. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5535, Longitude: -123.7868       In this case, the coordinates for Salado have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.919 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.504 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.891 degrees.