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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 Wyeth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wyeth 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 Wyeth:
- 45.690673, -121.769798
- 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 Wyeth
- 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 Hood River County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hood River County
- Since Wyeth is near Skamania County and also Multnomah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Skamania County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Multnomah 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 Wyeth
Communities Also Named Wyeth ...
We found three communities that are also named Wyeth.
There is one other community in Oregon that is also named Wyeth.
Beyond Oregon, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Oregon ...
- Wasco 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 Oregon community of Wyeth [Wasco County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Tulare County
- This Wyeth is located in Tulare County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Wyeth that is located in Hood River County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Wyeth.
- Missouri
- Andrew County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Wyeth [Andrew County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wyeth ...
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.
- Carson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade Locks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cook
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cook is located in Skamania County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Dee ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dee is located in Hood River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Fort Rains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fort Rains is located in Skamania County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Rains
- Home Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Home Valley is located in Skamania County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Valley
- Hood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hood is located in Skamania County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Hood River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Hood River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Windmaster Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Windmaster Corner is located in Hood River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmaster Corner
How Far From Wyeth 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 Wyeth to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wyeth and extending to:
- Hood River, which is the Seat of Hood River County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Wyeth to Hood River, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 80 miles [128.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,301 miles [3,703.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 131 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,889 miles [11,086.8 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 7,653 miles [12,316.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,757 miles [9,265 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'
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 Wyeth 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wyeth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Wyeth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Wyeth 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 Wyeth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6907, Longitude: -121.7698 In this case, the coordinates for Wyeth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.307 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.672 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.523 degrees. |
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