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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 Vaughn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vaughn 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 Vaughn:
    • 44.023734, -123.437043
    • 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 Vaughn
  • 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 Lane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lane County
    • Since Vaughn is near Douglas County and also Benton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Benton 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 Vaughn

Communities Also Named Vaughn ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Vaughn.

Within Oregon, the name Vaughn is unique.

Beyond Oregon, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Baldwin County
      • This Vaughn is located in Baldwin County and lies 2,123 miles [3,416.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Vaughn that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Vaughn.
    • Arkansas
      • Benton County
      • This Vaughn is located in Benton County and lies 1,616 miles [2,600.7 km]<1> to the east of the Vaughn that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Vaughn.
    • Florida
      • Palm Beach County
      • This Vaughn is located in Palm Beach County and lies 2,643 miles [4,253.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Vaughn that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Palm Beach County community of Vaughn.
    • Georgia
      • Spalding County
      • This Vaughn is located in Spalding County and lies 2,208 miles [3,553.4 km]<1> to the east of the Vaughn that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spalding County community of Vaughn.
    • Kansas
      • Pawnee County
      • This Vaughn is located in Pawnee County and lies 1,309 miles [2,106.6 km]<1> to the east of the Vaughn that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pawnee County community of Vaughn.
      • Rawlins County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Vaughn [Rawlins County].
    • Louisiana
      • Morehouse Parish
      • This Vaughn is located in Morehouse Parish and lies 1,850 miles [2,977.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Vaughn that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morehouse Parish community of Vaughn.
    • Mississippi
      • Leflore County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Vaughn [Leflore County].
      • Lincoln County
      • This Vaughn is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,970 miles [3,170.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Vaughn that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Vaughn.
    • Montana
      • Cascade County
      • This Vaughn is located in Cascade County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Vaughn that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cascade County community of Vaughn.
    • New Mexico
      • Guadalupe County
      • This Vaughn is located in Guadalupe County and lies 1,166 miles [1,876.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Vaughn that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guadalupe County community of Vaughn.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Dauphin County
      • This Vaughn is located in Dauphin County and lies 2,369 miles [3,812.5 km]<1> to the east of the Vaughn that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Vaughn.
    • Tennessee
      • Davidson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Vaughn [Davidson County].
    • Virginia
      • Floyd County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Vaughn [Floyd County].
      • Page County
      • This Vaughn is located in Page County and lies 2,332 miles [3,753 km]<1> to the east of the Vaughn that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Vaughn.
    • Washington
      • Pierce County
      • This Vaughn is located in Pierce County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the north of the Vaughn that is located in Lane County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Vaughn.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Vaughn ...

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.

  • Crow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Crow is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
  • Flagg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Flagg is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagg
  • Globe
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Globe is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
  • Long Tom
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Tom is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Tom
  • Maywood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Maywood is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
  • Mound ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Mound is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound
  • Sailor
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Sailor is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sailor
  • Wolf Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Wolf Creek is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek

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

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

  • Eugene, which is the Seat of Lane County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Vaughn to Eugene, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 66 miles [106.2 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 about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,394 miles [3,852.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,024 miles [11,304 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 7,787 miles [12,532 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,898 miles [9,491.9 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Vaughn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Vaughn 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.
<3>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.
<4>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 Vaughn 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 Vaughn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0237, Longitude: -123.4370       In this case, the coordinates for Vaughn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.592 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.097 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.688 degrees.