Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Table Rock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Table Rock and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Table Rock
- 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 Table Rock:
- 42.451236, -122.912821
- 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 Table Rock
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Table Rock is near Josephine County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Josephine County
- eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Table Rock ...
We found ten communities that share the name Table Rock.
Within Oregon, the name Table Rock is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Sierra 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 California community of Table Rock [Sierra County].
- Colorado
- El Paso 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 Colorado community of Table Rock [El Paso County].
- Kansas
- Table Rock #
- 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 Kansas community of Table Rock.
- Maryland
- Garrett 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 Maryland community of Table Rock [Garrett County].
- Missouri
- Phelps County
- This Table Rock is located in Phelps County and lies 1,650 miles [2,655.4 km]<2> to the east of the Table Rock that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phelps County community of Table Rock.
- Taney County
- This Table Rock is located in Taney County and lies 1,619 miles [2,605.5 km] to the east of the Table Rock that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taney County community of Table Rock.
- Nebraska
- Pawnee County
- This Table Rock is located in Pawnee County and lies 1,394 miles [2,243.4 km]<2> to the east of the Table Rock that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pawnee County community of Table Rock.
- North Carolina
- Burke County
- This Table Rock is located in Burke County and lies 2,225 miles [3,580.8 km]<2> to the east of the Table Rock that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burke County community of Table Rock.
- Pennsylvania
- Adams County
- This Table Rock is located in Adams County and lies 2,352 miles [3,785.2 km]<2> to the east of the Table Rock that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Table Rock.
- Wyoming
- Sweetwater County
- This Table Rock is located in Sweetwater County and lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<2> to the east of the Table Rock that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sweetwater County community of Table Rock.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Table Rock ...
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.
- Beagle
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Central Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Point
- Central Point is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,117 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central Point <4>
- Eagle Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Eagle Point is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,656 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagle Point <4>
- Four Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Four Corners is located in Jackson County
- Gold Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Gold Hill is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,297 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gold Hill <4>
- Mountain View ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Mountain View is located in Jackson County
- Sams Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sams Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Valley
- Sams Valley is located in Jackson County
- Seven Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Seven Oaks is located in Jackson County
- Table Rock Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Table Rock Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock Station
- Table Rock Station is located in Jackson County
How Far From Table Rock to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Table Rock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Table Rock and extending to:
- Medford, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Table Rock to Salem, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,385 miles [3,838.3 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,119 miles [11,456.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,883 miles [12,686.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,977 miles [9,619 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Table Rock. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.or.us/
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Table Rock 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- Table Rock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Table Rock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4512, Longitude: -122.9128 In this case, the coordinates for Table Rock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Table Rock to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.042 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.376 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.409 degrees. |