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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 Yamhill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yamhill 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 Yamhill:
- 45.341497, -123.183332
- 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 Yamhill
- 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 Yamhill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yamhill County
- Since Yamhill is near Washington County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Yamhill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yamhill ...
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.
- Blooming
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cornelius
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cove Orchard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dewey ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dewey is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Dundee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jacktown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jacktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Orchard View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Orchard View is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
- Pike
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pike is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Springbrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Springbrook is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Unionvale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Unionvale is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionvale
How Far From Yamhill 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 city such as Yamhill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Yamhill and extending to:
- McMinnville, which is the Seat of Yamhill County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Yamhill to McMinnville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 28 miles [45.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,371 miles [3,815.8 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 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,934 miles [11,159.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,696 miles [12,385.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,814 miles [9,356.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Yamhill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Yamhill 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 Yamhill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3415, Longitude: -123.1833 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.462 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.004 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.461 degrees. |
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