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 Twelvemile Corner:
45.519009, -122.434258
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 Twelvemile Corner
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 Multnomah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Twelvemile Corner.
Within Oregon, the name Twelvemile Corner is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Colorado
Morgan County
This Twelvemile Corner is located in Morgan County and lies 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Twelvemile Corner that is located in Multnomah County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Twelvemile Corner.
Illinois
Lee County
This Twelvemile Corner is located in Lee County and lies 1,674 miles [2,694 km]<1> to the east of the Twelvemile Corner that is located in Multnomah County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Twelvemile Corner.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Twelvemile Corner ...
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.
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 Twelvemile Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Twelvemile Corner and extending to:
Portland, which is the Seat of Multnomah County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Twelvemile Corner to Portland, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 49 miles [78.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,334 miles [3,756.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,911 miles [11,122.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,674 miles [12,350.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,784 miles [9,308.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Twelvemile Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Twelvemile Corner 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 Twelvemile Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5190, Longitude: -122.4343 In this case, the coordinates for Twelvemile Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.849 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.296 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.964 degrees.