Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Van Horn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Van Horn and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Van Horn
- 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 Van Horn:
- 45.656785, -121.508129
- 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 Van Horn
- 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 Hood River County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hood River County
- Since Van Horn is near Klickitat County and also Wasco County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Klickitat County
- eBird sighting report for Wasco 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 Van Horn ...
We found five communities that share the name Van Horn.
Within Oregon, the name Van Horn is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Texas
- Culberson County
- This Van Horn is located in Culberson County and lies 1,348 miles [2,169.4 km]<3> to the southeast of the Van Horn that is located in Hood River County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Culberson County community of Van Horn.
- 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 Texas community of Van Horn [El Paso County].
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Van Horn ...
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.
- Cook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Dee ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Hood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Hood is located in Skamania County (WA)
- Hood River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood River
- Hood River is located in Hood River County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,793 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hood River <5>
- Laws Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laws Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Corner
- Laws Corner is located in Klickitat County (WA)
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Straight Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Straight Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Point
- Straight Point is located in Klickitat County (WA)
- Windmaster Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windmaster Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmaster Corner
- Windmaster Corner is located in Hood River County
How Far From Van Horn 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 Van Horn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Van Horn and extending to:
- Hood River, which is the Seat of Hood River County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Van Horn to Salem, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,288 miles [3,682.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 130 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,887 miles [11,083.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,651 miles [12,313.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,752 miles [9,256.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Van Horn. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Hood River County: www.co.hood-river.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 Van Horn 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> | 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 Van Horn, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Van Horn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Van Horn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6568, Longitude: -121.5081 In this case, the coordinates for Van Horn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Van Horn to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.088 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.414 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.356 degrees. |