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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 Scholls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scholls 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 Scholls:
- 45.408197, -122.922188
- 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 Scholls
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Scholls is near Yamhill County and also Clackamas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yamhill County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clackamas 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 Scholls
Curious and Interesting Names Near Scholls ...
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.
- Aloha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bonita
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bonita is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
- Hazeldale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hazeldale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldale
- Jacktown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jacktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- King City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Progress
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reedville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Six Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Six Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Corners
- Springbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Springbrook is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Witch Hazel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Witch Hazel is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witch Hazel
How Far From Scholls 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 Scholls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Scholls and extending to:
- Hillsboro, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the North.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Scholls to Salem, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,358 miles [3,794.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,926 miles [11,146.3 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 7,688 miles [12,372.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,803 miles [9,339 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Scholls) 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 Scholls 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 Scholls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4082, Longitude: -122.9222 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.248 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.757 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.287 degrees. |
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