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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 Scio, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scio 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 Scio:
- 44.704761, -122.848917
- 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 Scio
- 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 Linn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Linn County
- Since Scio is near Marion County and also Benton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Scio
Communities Also Named Scio ...
We found six communities that are also named Scio.
Within Oregon, the name Scio is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Graham 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 Kansas community of Scio [Graham County].
- Rawlins County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Scio [Rawlins County].
- Michigan
- Washtenaw County
- This Scio is located in Washtenaw County and lies 1,941 miles [3,123.7 km]<2> to the east of the Scio that is located in Linn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washtenaw County community of Scio.
- Nebraska
- Otoe 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 Nebraska community of Scio [Otoe County].
- New York
- Allegany County
- This Scio is located in Allegany County and lies 2,227 miles [3,584 km]<2> to the east of the Scio that is located in Linn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Scio.
- Ohio
- Harrison County
- This Scio is located in Harrison County and lies 2,121 miles [3,413.4 km]<2> to the east of the Scio that is located in Linn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Scio.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Scio ...
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.
- Ale ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ale is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ale
- Central ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Central is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Crabtree
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dotyville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dotyville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
- Jordan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marion
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Spicer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spicer is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicer
- Sublimity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Young
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Young is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young
How Far From Scio 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 city such as Scio to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Scio and extending to:
- Albany, which is the Seat of Linn County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Scio to Albany, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 18 miles [29 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,360 miles [3,798.1 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,971 miles [11,218.7 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 7,733 miles [12,445.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,842 miles [9,401.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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 Scio 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Scio) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Scio 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 Scio. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7048, Longitude: -122.8489 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.144 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.603 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.276 degrees. |
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