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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 Wapato, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wapato 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 Wapato:
- 45.406226, -123.123995
- 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 Wapato
- 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 Yamhill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yamhill County
- Since Wapato is near Washington County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Wapato
Communities Also Named Wapato ...
We found three communities that are also named Wapato.
There is one other community in Oregon that is also named Wapato.
Beyond Oregon, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Oregon ...
- Washington 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 Oregon community of Wapato [Washington County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Washington
- Pierce 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 Washington community of Wapato [Pierce County].
- Yakima County
- This Wapato is located in Yakima County and lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Wapato that is located in Yamhill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yakima County community of Wapato.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wapato ...
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.
- Blooming
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blooming is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming
- Centerville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Cornelius
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cove Orchard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cove Orchard is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Orchard
- Dewey ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dewey is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Dundee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hazeldale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hazeldale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldale
- Jacktown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jacktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Pike
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pike is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Springbrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Springbrook is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Witch Hazel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Witch Hazel is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witch Hazel
How Far From Wapato 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 Wapato to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wapato and extending to:
- McMinnville, which is the Seat of Yamhill County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wapato to McMinnville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 32 miles [51.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,368 miles [3,810.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,929 miles [11,151.1 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 7,691 miles [12,377.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,808 miles [9,347.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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 Wapato 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> | 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- Wapato) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Wapato 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 Wapato. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4062, Longitude: -123.1240 In this case, the coordinates for Wapato have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.416 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.954 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.419 degrees. |
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