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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 Warrendale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Warrendale 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 Warrendale:
- 45.612977, -122.015585
- 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 Warrendale
- 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 Warrendale is near Skamania County and also Hood River County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Skamania County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hood River 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 Warrendale
Communities Also Named Warrendale ...
We found three communities that are also named Warrendale.
Within Oregon, the name Warrendale is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Grant 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 Kansas community of Warrendale [Grant County].
- Minnesota
- Ramsey 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 Minnesota community of Warrendale [Ramsey County].
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Warrendale is located in Allegheny County and lies 2,116 miles [3,405.4 km]<2> to the east of the Warrendale that is located in Multnomah County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Warrendale.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Warrendale ...
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.
- Bridal Veil
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bull Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bull Run is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
- Carson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade Locks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Rains
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Rains is located in Skamania County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Rains
- Home Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Home Valley is located in Skamania County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Valley
- Ireland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ireland is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ireland
- Marmot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Salmon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Salmon is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
- Sunnyside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside is located in Clark County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Wildwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wildwood is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Warrendale 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 Warrendale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Warrendale and extending to:
- Portland, which is the Seat of Multnomah County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Warrendale to Portland, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 2,313 miles [3,722.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,898 miles [11,101.3 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 7,661 miles [12,329.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,768 miles [9,282.7 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Warrendale 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' (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- Warrendale) 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 Warrendale 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 Warrendale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6130, Longitude: -122.0156 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.506 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.90 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.687 degrees. |
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