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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 Sterlingville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sterlingville 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 Sterlingville:
- 42.224497, -122.942356
- 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 Sterlingville
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Sterlingville is near Josephine County and also Siskiyou County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Josephine County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Siskiyou 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 Sterlingville
Communities Also Named Sterlingville ...
We found one communities that are also named Sterlingville.
Within Oregon, the name Sterlingville is unique.
Beyond Oregon, there is another community also named Sterlingville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Jefferson County
- This Sterlingville is located in Jefferson County and lies 2,350 miles [3,782 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sterlingville that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Sterlingville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sterlingville ...
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.
- Central Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Foots Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Foots Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Creek
- Four Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Four Corners is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Gold Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mistletoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mistletoe is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe
- Rock Point ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Oaks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Seven Oaks is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Steamboat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Steamboat is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat
- Table Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Table Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Table Rock Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Table Rock Station is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock Station
- Talent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Williams Creek ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Williams Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Creek
How Far From Sterlingville 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 Sterlingville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Sterlingville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Sterlingville and extending to:
- Medford, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Sterlingville to Salem, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,389 miles [3,844.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,134 miles [11,481.1 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 7,898 miles [12,710.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,991 miles [9,641.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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- Sterlingville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Sterlingville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Sterlingville 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 Sterlingville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2245, Longitude: -122.9424 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.05 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.375 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.434 degrees. |
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