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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 Sunnycrest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunnycrest 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 Sunnycrest:
- 45.301784, -123.017880
- 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 Sunnycrest
- 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 Yamhill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yamhill County
- Since Sunnycrest is near Washington County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Sunnycrest
Communities Also Named Sunnycrest ...
We found three communities that are also named Sunnycrest.
Within Oregon, the name Sunnycrest is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Grant 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 Indiana community of Sunnycrest [Grant County].
- Mississippi
- Grenada 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 Mississippi community of Sunnycrest [Grenada County].
- Tennessee
- Roane County
- This Sunnycrest is located in Roane County and lies 2,095 miles [3,371.6 km]<2> to the east of the Sunnycrest that is located in Yamhill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Sunnycrest.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunnycrest ...
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.
- Cove Orchard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cove Orchard is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Orchard
- Dewey ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dewey is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Donald
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dundee
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fargo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fargo is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Hoodview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hoodview is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoodview
- Jacktown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jacktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Ladd Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ladd Hill is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd Hill
- Six Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Six Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Corners
- Springbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Springbrook is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Unionvale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Unionvale is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionvale
How Far From Sunnycrest 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 Sunnycrest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sunnycrest and extending to:
- McMinnville, which is the Seat of Yamhill County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sunnycrest to McMinnville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 25 miles [40.2 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,363 miles [3,802.9 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 135 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,934 miles [11,159.2 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 7,697 miles [12,387.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,812 miles [9,353.5 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Sunnycrest 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sunnycrest) 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 Sunnycrest 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 Sunnycrest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3018, Longitude: -123.0179 In this case, the coordinates for Sunnycrest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.322 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.838 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.355 degrees. |
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