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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 Anacortes Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Anacortes Crossing 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 Anacortes Crossing:
- 48.783189, -120.829836
- 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 Anacortes Crossing
- 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 Whatcom County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whatcom County
- Since Anacortes Crossing is near Okanogan County and also Skagit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Okanogan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Skagit 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 Anacortes Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Anacortes Crossing ...
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.
- Cedar Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cedar Crossing is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crossing
- Diablo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Diablo is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diablo
- Gilbert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbert is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Portage
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Portage is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Ruby ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ruby is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
How Far From Anacortes Crossing 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 Anacortes Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Anacortes Crossing and extending to:
- Bellingham, which is the Seat of Whatcom County, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the west. If you could drive a straight line from Anacortes Crossing to Bellingham, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 153 miles [246.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,250 miles [3,621 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 128 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,673 miles [10,739.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,436 miles [11,967.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,554 miles [8,938.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Anacortes Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Anacortes Crossing 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 Anacortes Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.7832, Longitude: -120.8298 In this case, the coordinates for Anacortes Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.683 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.115 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.67 degrees. |
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