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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 Wicopee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wicopee 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 Wicopee:
- 43.672345, -122.262540
- 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 Wicopee
- 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 Lane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lane County
- Since Wicopee is near Klamath County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Klamath County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Wicopee
Communities Also Named Wicopee ...
We found one communities that are also named Wicopee.
Within Oregon, the name Wicopee is unique.
Beyond Oregon, there is another community also named Wicopee in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Dutchess 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 New York community of Wicopee [Dutchess County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wicopee ...
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.
- Clearwater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clearwater is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Crescent Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent Lake Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fields
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fields is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Heather
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Heather is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather
- Hemlock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hemlock is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Minnow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Minnow is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnow
- Pryor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pryor is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor
- Wildwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wildwood is located in Lane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Wicopee 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 Wicopee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Wicopee and extending to:
- Eugene, which is the Seat of Lane County, lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wicopee to Eugene, 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 most of two days.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 95 miles [152.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,340 miles [3,765.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,028 miles [11,310.5 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 7,792 miles [12,540 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,888 miles [9,475.8 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 Wicopee 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wicopee) 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 Wicopee 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 Wicopee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6723, Longitude: -122.2625 In this case, the coordinates for Wicopee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.588 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.899 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.948 degrees. |
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