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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 Tillicum Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tillicum Beach 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 Tillicum Beach:
- 44.361878, -124.093187
- 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 Tillicum Beach
- 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Since Tillicum Beach is near Lane County and also Benton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lane County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton 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 Tillicum Beach
Communities Also Named Tillicum Beach ...
We found two communities that are also named Tillicum Beach.
Within Oregon, the name Tillicum Beach is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- 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 Alberta community of Tillicum Beach.
- Washington
- Island 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 Washington community of Tillicum Beach [Island County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tillicum Beach ...
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.
- Euclid ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Euclid is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
- Fisher
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fisher is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Forfar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Forfar is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forfar
- Holiday Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Holiday Beach is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Beach
- Little Albany
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Little Albany is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Albany
- Little Switzerland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Little Switzerland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Switzerland
- Seal Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Searose Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Searose Beach is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searose Beach
- Tidewater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
How Far From Tillicum Beach 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 Tillicum Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Tillicum Beach and extending to:
- Newport, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Tillicum Beach to Newport, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,423 miles [3,899.4 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,012 miles [11,284.7 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 7,774 miles [12,511 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,894 miles [9,485.5 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 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 Tillicum Beach 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Tillicum Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Tillicum Beach 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 Tillicum Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3619, Longitude: -124.0932 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 342.163 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.783 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 329.098 degrees. |
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