RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Oregon >> Clackamas County >> Shady Dell >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Shady Dell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shady Dell and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Shady Dell:
    • 45.143178, -122.538976
    • 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 Shady Dell
  • 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 Clackamas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clackamas County
    • Since Shady Dell is near Marion County and also Washington 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 Washington 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 Shady Dell

Communities Also Named Shady Dell ...

We found five communities that are also named Shady Dell.

Within Oregon, the name Shady Dell is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Diego County
      • This Shady Dell is located in San Diego County and lies 892 miles [1,435.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Shady Dell that is located in Clackamas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Shady Dell.
    • Mississippi
      • Rankin County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Shady Dell [Rankin County].
    • Missouri
      • Butler County
      • This Shady Dell is located in Butler County and lies 1,757 miles [2,827.6 km]<1> to the east of the Shady Dell that is located in Clackamas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Shady Dell.
      • Stoddard County
      • This Shady Dell is located in Stoddard County and lies 1,780 miles [2,864.6 km] to the east of the Shady Dell that is located in Clackamas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stoddard County community of Shady Dell.
    • Wisconsin
      • Grant County
      • This Shady Dell is located in Grant County and lies 1,572 miles [2,529.9 km]<1> to the east of the Shady Dell that is located in Clackamas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Shady Dell.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shady Dell ...

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.

  • Dickey Prairie
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Dickey Prairie is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey Prairie
  • Dryland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dryland is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryland
  • Fallsview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Fallsview is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallsview
  • Liberal
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Liberal is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
  • Macksburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Macksburg is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksburg
  • Needy ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Needy is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needy
  • Rural Dell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rural Dell is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Dell
  • Timber Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Timber Grove is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Grove
  • Union Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Union Mills is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills

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

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

  • Oregon City, which is the Seat of Clackamas County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Shady Dell to Oregon City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 27 miles [43.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,341 miles [3,767.5 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 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,937 miles [11,164 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 7,700 miles [12,391.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,809 miles [9,348.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shady Dell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Shady Dell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Shady Dell 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 Shady Dell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1432, Longitude: -122.5390       In this case, the coordinates for Shady Dell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.913 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.353 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.053 degrees.