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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 Vanport City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vanport 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 Vanport City:
- 45.602959, -122.698624
- 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 Vanport 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 Multnomah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Multnomah County
- Since Vanport City is near Clark County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Vanport City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vanport 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.
- Blurock Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Blurock Landing is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blurock Landing
- Bonny Slope
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bonny Slope is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Slope
- Champ
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Champ is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champ
- Fir
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fir is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir
- Graham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Green Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Green Hills is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Hazel Dell
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Image
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Image is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Image
- Kings Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kings Heights is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Heights
- Ladds Circle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ladds Circle is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladds Circle
- Lake Shore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lake Shore is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- Lakeshore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lakeshore is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Minnehaha
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Minnehaha is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha
- Officers Row
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Officers Row is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Officers Row
- River Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- River Junction is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
- United Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- United Junction is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for United Junction
- University Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- University Park is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
- Walnut Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Vanport City to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Vanport 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 Vanport City once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Vanport City and extending to:
- Portland, which is the Seat of Multnomah County, lies just to the South.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Vanport City to Salem, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,346 miles [3,775.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,910 miles [11,120.6 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 7,672 miles [12,346.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,786 miles [9,311.7 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 Vanport 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vanport 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 Vanport 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 Vanport City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6030, Longitude: -122.6986 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.073 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.562 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.131 degrees. |
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