Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Yankton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yankton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Yankton
- 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 Yankton:
- 45.866781, -122.886772
- 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 Yankton
- 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Since Yankton is near Cowlitz County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cowlitz County
- eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Yankton ...
We found two communities that share the name Yankton.
Within Oregon, the name Yankton is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- South Dakota
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yankton ...
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.
- Apiary ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Bachelor Flat ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bachelor Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor Flat
- Bachelor Flat is located in Columbia County
- Beaver Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs
- Beaver Springs is located in Columbia County
- Deer Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Island
- Deer Island is located in Columbia County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deer Island <4>
- Dixie ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Fern Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Highland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Knapp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Knapp Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knapp Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp Landing
- Knapp Landing is located in Clark County (WA)
- Pioneer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Pioneer is located in Clark County (WA)
- Trojan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
How Far From Yankton 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 Yankton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Yankton and extending to:
- Saint Helens, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies just to the East.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 64 miles [103 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Yankton to Salem, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,353 miles [3,786.8 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 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,895 miles [11,096.4 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 7,657 miles [12,322.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,775 miles [9,294 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Yankton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Columbia County: www.co.columbia.or.us/
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 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 Yankton 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Yankton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Yankton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8668, Longitude: -122.8868 In this case, the coordinates for Yankton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Yankton 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 341.245 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.775 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.238 degrees. |