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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 Willamette, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Willamette 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 Willamette:
- 45.344287, -122.667037
- 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 Willamette
- 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 Clackamas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clackamas County
- Since Willamette is near Multnomah County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Multnomah County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Willamette
Communities Also Named Willamette ...
We found one communities that are also named Willamette.
Within Oregon, the name Willamette is unique.
Beyond Oregon, there is another community also named Willamette in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Jefferson 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 Arkansas community of Willamette [Jefferson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Willamette ...
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.
- Advance
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Advance is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Bolton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bolton is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Central Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Central Point is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Point
- Christie ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Christie is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christie
- Fern Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fern Ridge is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Ridge
- Glen Echo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Echo is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Echo
- Jennings Lodge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jennings Lodge is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Lodge
- Johns Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Johns Landing is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Landing
- Ladd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ladd is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd
- Lake Grove ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Grove is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Grove
- Marylhurst
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- New Era ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Era is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Pulp
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pulp is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulp
- Rivergrove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rivergrove is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivergrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Rosewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rosewood is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Stringtown ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stringtown is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Sunset
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
How Far From Willamette 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 Willamette to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Willamette and extending to:
- Oregon City, which is the Seat of Clackamas County, lies just to the East.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Willamette to Salem, 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,346 miles [3,775.5 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 6,926 miles [11,146.3 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 7,689 miles [12,374.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,800 miles [9,334.2 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 Willamette 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Willamette) 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 Willamette 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 Willamette. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3443, Longitude: -122.6670 In this case, the coordinates for Willamette have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.032 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.501 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.125 degrees. |
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