Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Stafford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stafford and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Stafford
- 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 Stafford:
- 45.374739, -122.702425
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Stafford
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Clackamas County
- Since Stafford is near Multnomah County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Multnomah County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Stafford ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Stafford.
Within Oregon, the name Stafford is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, twenty are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Humboldt County
- This Stafford is located in Humboldt County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Stafford that is located in Clackamas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Stafford.
- Sutter 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 California community of Stafford [Sutter County].
- Connecticut
- Georgia
- Kansas
- Maryland
- Harford 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 Maryland community of Stafford [Harford County].
- Prince George's County
- This Stafford is located in Prince George's County and lies 2,353 miles [3,786.8 km]<1> to the east of the Stafford that is located in Clackamas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Stafford.
- Mississippi
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ohio
- Clark County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Clark County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Stafford.
- Monroe County
- This Stafford is located in Monroe County and lies 2,119 miles [3,410.2 km]<1> to the east of the Stafford that is located in Clackamas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Stafford.
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Stafford lies 2,167 miles [3,487.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stafford that is located in Clackamas County.
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Vermont
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stafford ...
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.
- Advance
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Bolton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Bonita
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Christie ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christie
- Christie is located in Clackamas County
- Cook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Elk Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Fair Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Fern Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fern Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Ridge
- Fern Ridge is located in Clackamas County
- Glen Echo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Jean
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Jennings Lodge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Lodge
- Jennings Lodge is located in Clackamas County
- Johns Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johns Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Landing
- Johns Landing is located in Multnomah County
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Ladd
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Lake Grove ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Grove
- Lake Grove is located in Clackamas County
- Marylhurst
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marylhurst
- Marylhurst is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marylhurst <5>
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Oak Grove is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Grove <5>
- Pulp
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Rivergrove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rivergrove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivergrove
- Rivergrove is located in Clackamas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Rosewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Stringtown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Stringtown is located in Clackamas County
- Sunset
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ladd
How Far From Stafford 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 Stafford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stafford and extending to:
- Oregon City, which is the Seat of Clackamas County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Stafford to Salem, with an average speed<6> 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 about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,348 miles [3,778.7 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 134 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,925 miles [11,144.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,687 miles [12,371 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,799 miles [9,332.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stafford. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Clackamas County: www.co.clackamas.or.us/
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/
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- Stafford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stafford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3747, Longitude: -122.7024 In this case, the coordinates for Stafford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Stafford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Stafford 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Stafford to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.063 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.539 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.146 degrees. |