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 Westmoreland:
45.476230, -122.647039
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 Westmoreland
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:
We found eighteen communities that are also named Westmoreland.
Within Oregon, the name Westmoreland is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Lauderdale County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Westmoreland [Lauderdale County].
Limestone 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 Alabama community of Westmoreland [Limestone County].
Idaho
Ada 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 Idaho community of Westmoreland [Ada County].
Illinois
Winnebago County
This Westmoreland is located in Winnebago County and lies 1,668 miles [2,684.4 km]<3> to the east of the Westmoreland that is located in Multnomah County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Westmoreland.
Kansas
Pottawatomie County
This Westmoreland is located in Pottawatomie County and lies 1,394 miles [2,243.4 km]<3> to the east of the Westmoreland that is located in Multnomah County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawatomie County community of Westmoreland.
Kentucky
Fayette County
This Westmoreland is located in Fayette County and lies 2,003 miles [3,223.5 km]<3> to the east of the Westmoreland that is located in Multnomah County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Westmoreland.
New Hampshire
Cheshire County
This Westmoreland is located in Cheshire County and lies 2,450 miles [3,942.9 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Westmoreland that is located in Multnomah County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheshire County community of Westmoreland.
New York
Oneida County
This Westmoreland is located in Oneida County and lies 2,306 miles [3,711.1 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Westmoreland that is located in Multnomah County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Westmoreland.
Suffolk County
This Westmoreland is located in Suffolk County and lies 2,504 miles [4,029.8 km] to the east of the Westmoreland that is located in Multnomah County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Westmoreland.
North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
This Westmoreland is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 2,274 miles [3,659.6 km]<3> to the east of the Westmoreland that is located in Multnomah County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Westmoreland.
Wilson County
This Westmoreland is located in Wilson County and lies 2,403 miles [3,867.3 km] to the east of the Westmoreland that is located in Multnomah County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Westmoreland.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia 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 Pennsylvania community of Westmoreland [Philadelphia County].
Prince Edward Island
This Westmoreland lies 2,776 miles [4,467.5 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Westmoreland that is located in Multnomah County.
Tennessee
Sumner County
This Westmoreland is located in Sumner County and lies 1,974 miles [3,176.8 km]<3> to the east of the Westmoreland that is located in Multnomah County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Westmoreland.
Virginia
Albemarle County
This Westmoreland is located in Albemarle County and lies 2,301 miles [3,703.1 km]<3> to the east of the Westmoreland that is located in Multnomah County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Westmoreland.
Westmoreland County
This Westmoreland is located in Westmoreland County and lies 2,393 miles [3,851.2 km] to the east of the Westmoreland that is located in Multnomah County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Westmoreland.
West Virginia
Wayne County
This Westmoreland is located in Wayne County and lies 2,095 miles [3,371.6 km]<3> to the east of the Westmoreland that is located in Multnomah County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Westmoreland.
Wisconsin
Dane 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 Wisconsin community of Westmoreland [Dane County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Westmoreland ...
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.
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 Westmoreland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Westmoreland and extending to:
Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 41 miles [66 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Westmoreland to Salem, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,344 miles [3,772.3 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 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,917 miles [11,131.8 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 7,680 miles [12,359.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,792 miles [9,321.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Westmoreland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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 Westmoreland 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>
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- Westmoreland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4762, Longitude: -122.6470 In this case, the coordinates for Westmoreland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.023 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.497 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.105 degrees.