Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Wellsdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wellsdale and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Wellsdale

• 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 Wellsdale:
  • 44.701232, -123.194820
  • 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 Wellsdale

• 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 Benton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
  • Since Wellsdale is near Polk County and also Linn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Linn 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 Wellsdale

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wellsdale ...

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.

• Fry
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Fry is located in Linn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
• Hopville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hopville is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopville
• Independence
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Independence is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,871 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Independence <1>
• Lewisburg
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lewisburg is located in Benton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
• Lewisville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Lewisville is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
• Link
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Link is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
• Maple Grove
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Maple Grove is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
• Mitchell
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mitchell is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
• Orleans
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Orleans is located in Linn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
• Page
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Page is located in Linn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
• Palestine
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Palestine is located in Benton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
• Tarter
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Tarter is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarter

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wellsdale and extending to:

• Corvallis, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wellsdale to Corvallis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 18 miles [29 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,377 miles [3,825.4 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 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,976 miles [11,226.8 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 7,739 miles [12,454.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,852 miles [9,417.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'