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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 Asotin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Asotin 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 Asotin:
- 46.339500, -117.045694
- 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 Asotin
- 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 Asotin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Asotin County
- Since Asotin is near Nez Perce County and also Whitman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nez Perce County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitman 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 Asotin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Asotin ...
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.
- Cloverland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Forebay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Forebay is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forebay
- Grahams Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grahams Landing is located in Asotin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahams Landing
- Gurney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gurney is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
- Highland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Highland is located in Asotin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Jerry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jerry is located in Asotin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry
- Moses
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moses is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moses
- Transfer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Transfer is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transfer
- Vineland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Vineland is located in Asotin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
How Far From Asotin 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 city such as Asotin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Asotin and extending to:
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Asotin to Olympia, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,073 miles [3,336.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 118 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,764 miles [10,885.6 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 7,531 miles [12,120 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,593 miles [9,001.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Asotin) 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 Asotin 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 Asotin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3395, Longitude: -117.0457 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.468 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.239 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.446 degrees. |
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