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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 Wallinch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wallinch 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 Wallinch:
- 44.759286, -123.373435
- 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 Wallinch
- 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Since Wallinch is near Benton County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Wallinch
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wallinch ...
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.
- Falls City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fern Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fern Corner is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Corner
- Ferns ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ferns is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferns
- Kings Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lewisville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisville is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Link
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Link is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Maple Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Mitchell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mitchell is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Pedee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pedee is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedee
- Tarter
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tarter is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarter
How Far From Wallinch 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 Wallinch to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wallinch and extending to:
- Dallas, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wallinch to Dallas, 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 20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,385 miles [3,838.3 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 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 6,975 miles [11,225.2 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 7,737 miles [12,451.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,853 miles [9,419.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Wallinch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Wallinch 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 Wallinch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7593, Longitude: -123.3734 In this case, the coordinates for Wallinch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.586 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.122 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.613 degrees. |
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