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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 Babb, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Babb 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 Babb:
- 47.458221, -117.657710
- 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 Babb
- 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 Spokane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spokane County
- Since Babb is near Lincoln County and also Whitman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Babb
Communities Also Named Babb ...
We found two communities that are also named Babb.
Within Washington, the name Babb is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Henry 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 Georgia community of Babb [Henry County].
- Montana
- Glacier County
- This Babb is located in Glacier County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Babb that is located in Spokane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glacier County community of Babb.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Babb ...
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.
- Amber
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Amber is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Dynamite
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dynamite is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dynamite
- Fishtrap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fishtrap is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishtrap
- Four Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Marshall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Mason
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mason is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Medical Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mock is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock
- Scribner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scribner is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner
- Silver Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Silver Lake is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
How Far From Babb to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Babb to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Babb and extending to:
- Spokane, which is the Seat of Spokane County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Babb to Spokane, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 247 miles [397.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,102 miles [3,382.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 120 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,704 miles [10,789 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,471 miles [12,023.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,547 miles [8,927 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Babb 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 '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- Babb) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Babb 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 Babb. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.4582, Longitude: -117.6577 In this case, the coordinates for Babb have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.024 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.96 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.731 degrees. |
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