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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 Trout Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trout Creek and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Trout Creek:
    • 43.927096, -118.939940
    • 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 Trout Creek
  • 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 Harney County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • eBird sighting report for Harney County
    • Since Trout Creek is near Grant County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
    • eBird sighting report for Grant 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 Trout Creek ...

We found nine communities that share the name Trout Creek.

There is one other community in Oregon which is also named Trout Creek.

Beyond Oregon, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Oregon ...
    • 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 Oregon community of Trout Creek [Grant County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Trout Creek lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<2> to the north of the Trout Creek that is located in Harney County.
    • Michigan
      • Ontonagon County
      • This Trout Creek is located in Ontonagon County and lies 1,457 miles [2,344.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Trout Creek that is located in Harney County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontonagon County community of Trout Creek.
    • Montana
      • Sanders County
      • This Trout Creek is located in Sanders County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Trout Creek that is located in Harney County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sanders County community of Trout Creek.
    • New York
      • Delaware County
      • This Trout Creek is located in Delaware County and lies 2,179 miles [3,506.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Trout Creek that is located in Harney County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Trout Creek.
    • Ontario
      • This Trout Creek lies 1,918 miles [3,086.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Trout Creek that is located in Harney County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lehigh County
      • This Trout Creek is located in Lehigh County and lies 2,196 miles [3,534.1 km]<2> to the east of the Trout Creek that is located in Harney County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lehigh County community of Trout Creek.
    • Texas
      • Newton County
      • This Trout Creek is located in Newton County and lies 1,648 miles [2,652.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Trout Creek that is located in Harney County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Trout Creek.
    • Utah
      • Juab County
      • This Trout Creek is located in Juab County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<2> to the southeast of the Trout Creek that is located in Harney County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Juab County community of Trout Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Trout Creek ...

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.

  • Burns
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burns have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
    • Burns is located in Harney County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,791 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burns <4>
  • Frost Mill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frost Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Mill
    • Frost Mill is located in Harney County
  • Indian Village
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Indian Village is located in Harney County
  • Poison Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poison Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poison Creek
    • Poison Creek is located in Harney County

How Far From Trout Creek 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 Trout Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Trout Creek and extending to:

  • Burns, which is the Seat of Harney County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Trout Creek to Burns, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 213 miles [342.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,173 miles [3,497.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 124 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,953 miles [11,189.8 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 7,720 miles [12,424.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,782 miles [9,305.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Trout Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Harney County: www.co.harney.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 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 Trout Creek 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Trout Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Trout Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9271, Longitude: -118.9399       In this case, the coordinates for Trout Creek 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 Trout Creek 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 337.86 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.706 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.827 degrees.




 

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