Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Winlock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winlock and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Winlock
- 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 Winlock:
- 44.911974, -119.890329
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Winlock
- 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 Wheeler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wheeler County
- Since Winlock is near Gilliam County and also Grant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Gilliam County
- eBird sighting report for Grant 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Winlock ...
We found two communities that share the name Winlock.
There is one other community in Oregon which is also named Winlock.
Beyond Oregon, there is another community also named Winlock in the United States.
- Communities Located In Oregon ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Winlock ...
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.
- Edwards
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Fossil
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossil
- Fossil is located in Wheeler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fossil <4>
- Lonerock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonerock
- Lonerock is located in Gilliam County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Lost Valley ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Valley
- Lost Valley is located in Wheeler County
- Mayville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Mayville is located in Gilliam County
- Reeds Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reeds Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Mill
- Reeds Mill is located in Morrow County
- Service Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Service Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Service Creek
- Service Creek is located in Wheeler County
- Spray
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spray
- Spray is located in Wheeler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 157 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spray <4>
- Trail Fork ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trail Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail Fork
- Trail Fork is located in Gilliam County
How Far From Winlock to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Winlock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Winlock and extending to:
- Fossil, which is the Seat of Wheeler County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Winlock to Fossil, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 153 miles [246.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,214 miles [3,563.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 87 days and walking would take 126 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,907 miles [11,115.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,673 miles [12,348.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,752 miles [9,256.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Winlock. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Winlock 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Winlock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Winlock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9120, Longitude: -119.8903 |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Winlock to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.707 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.758 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.366 degrees. |