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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 Baileysburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Baileysburg 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 Baileysburg:
- 46.299030, -117.952712
- 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 Baileysburg
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Since Baileysburg is near Walla Walla County and also Garfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walla Walla County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garfield 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 Baileysburg
Curious and Interesting Names Near Baileysburg ...
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.
- Dixie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dodge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dodge is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
- Five Points
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Huntsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Huntsville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Long
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Long is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
- Mountain Top
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Top is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
- Relief
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Relief is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
- Starbuck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whetstone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Whetstone is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
How Far From Baileysburg 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 Baileysburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Baileysburg and extending to:
- Dayton, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 239 miles [384.6 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Baileysburg to Olympia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,116 miles [3,405.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 121 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,784 miles [10,917.8 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 7,550 miles [12,150.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,620 miles [9,044.5 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 '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- Baileysburg) 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 Baileysburg 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 Baileysburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2990, Longitude: -117.9527 In this case, the coordinates for Baileysburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.204 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.091 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.027 degrees. |
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