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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 Sitkum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sitkum 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 Sitkum:
- 43.148168, -123.861203
- 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 Sitkum
- 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 Coos County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coos County
- Since Sitkum is near Douglas County and also Curry 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 Curry 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 Sitkum
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sitkum ...
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.
- Bridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bridge is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridge
- Cedar Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cedar Point is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Chrome
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Chrome is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrome
- Gravelford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gravelford is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelford
- Green Acres
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Green Acres is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Kings Landing ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kings Landing is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Landing
- Lee ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lee is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Lookingglass
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lookingglass is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookingglass
- Overland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Overland is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overland
- Porter Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Porter Creek is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Creek
- Remote
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tenmile
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
How Far From Sitkum to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sitkum to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sitkum and extending to:
- Coquille, which is the Seat of Coos County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Sitkum to Coquille, 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 five to six hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 130 miles [209.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,425 miles [3,902.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 138 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,088 miles [11,407 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 7,851 miles [12,635 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,960 miles [9,591.7 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- Sitkum) 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 Sitkum 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 Sitkum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1482, Longitude: -123.8612 In this case, the coordinates for Sitkum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.888 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.407 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.994 degrees. |
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