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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 Bossburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bossburg 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 Bossburg:
- 48.752405, -118.041934
- 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 Bossburg
- 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 Stevens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stevens County
- Since Bossburg is near Ferry County and also Pend Oreille County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ferry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pend Oreille 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 Bossburg
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bossburg ...
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.
- Bear
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bear is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
- Blue Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Blue Town is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Town
- Echo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Echo is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Evans
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Greenwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Greenwood is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Kettle Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Little Dalles ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Little Dalles is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Dalles
- Marble
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marble is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Marcus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Marcus is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Onion Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Onion Creek is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onion Creek
How Far From Bossburg 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 Bossburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Bossburg once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bossburg and extending to:
- Colville, which is the Seat of Stevens County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bossburg to Colville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 254 miles [408.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,123 miles [3,416.6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,629 miles [10,668.3 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 7,394 miles [11,899.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,484 miles [8,825.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bossburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bossburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bossburg 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 Bossburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.7524, Longitude: -118.0419 In this case, the coordinates for Bossburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.395 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.474 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.846 degrees. |
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