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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 Umpqua City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Umpqua City 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 Umpqua City:
- 43.709561, -124.165115
- 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 Umpqua City
- 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Umpqua City is near Coos County and also Lane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coos County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lane 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 Umpqua City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Umpqua City ...
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.
- Bass
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bass is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
- Booth ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Booth is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Canary
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Canary is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canary
- Dunes City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dunes City is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunes City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,412 people
- Green Acres
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Green Acres is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Reedsport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rogers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rogers is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Sulphur Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Tenmile
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tenmile is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
How Far From Umpqua City 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 Umpqua City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Umpqua City once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Umpqua City and extending to:
- Roseburg, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Umpqua City to Roseburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,433 miles [3,915.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 139 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,056 miles [11,355.5 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 7,818 miles [12,581.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,935 miles [9,551.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Umpqua City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Umpqua City) 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 Umpqua City 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 Umpqua City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7096, Longitude: -124.1651 In this case, the coordinates for Umpqua City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 342.182 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.777 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 329.17 degrees. |
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