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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 Bush, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bush 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 Bush:
    • 46.978986, -122.879026
    • 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 Bush
  • 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 Thurston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Thurston County
    • Since Bush is near Pierce County and also Mason County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mason 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 Bush

Communities Also Named Bush ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Bush.

Within Washington, the name Bush is unique.

Beyond Washington, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Barbour 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 Alabama community of Bush [Barbour County].
      • Calhoun County
      • This Bush is located in Calhoun County and lies 2,125 miles [3,419.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Bush that is located in Thurston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Bush.
      • Jefferson County
      • This Bush is located in Jefferson County and lies 2,086 miles [3,357.1 km] to the east southeast of the Bush that is located in Thurston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Bush.
    • Arkansas
      • Jefferson 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 Arkansas community of Bush [Jefferson County].
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Bush is located in San Bernardino County and lies 961 miles [1,546.6 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Bush that is located in Thurston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Bush.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Bush is located in Cook County and lies 1,764 miles [2,838.9 km]<2> to the east of the Bush that is located in Thurston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Bush.
      • Williamson County
      • This Bush is located in Williamson County and lies 1,815 miles [2,921 km] to the east of the Bush that is located in Thurston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Bush.
    • Kentucky
      • Laurel County
      • This Bush is located in Laurel County and lies 2,088 miles [3,360.3 km]<2> to the east of the Bush that is located in Thurston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laurel County community of Bush.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Tammany Parish
      • This Bush is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 2,080 miles [3,347.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Bush that is located in Thurston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Bush.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Bush is located in Harford County and lies 2,365 miles [3,806.1 km]<2> to the east of the Bush that is located in Thurston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Bush.
    • Mississippi
      • Simpson County
      • This Bush is located in Simpson County and lies 2,019 miles [3,249.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Bush that is located in Thurston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Simpson County community of Bush.
    • Ontario
      • This Bush lies 2,220 miles [3,572.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Bush that is located in Thurston County.
    • Oregon
      • Marion 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 Oregon community of Bush [Marion County].
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Bush [Aiken County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bush ...

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.

  • Chain Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Chain Hill is located in Thurston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain Hill
  • Delphi
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Delphi is located in Thurston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
  • Fir Tree
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Fir Tree is located in Thurston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir Tree
  • Kellys Korner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Kellys Korner is located in Thurston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellys Korner
  • Lacey
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lacey is located in Thurston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,178 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lacey <4>
  • Marshville ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Marshville is located in Thurston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshville
  • Maytown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Maytown is located in Thurston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
  • Mushroom Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mushroom Corner is located in Thurston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mushroom Corner
  • Plumb
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Plumb is located in Thurston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumb
  • Tumwater
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Union Mill is located in Thurston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mill

How Far From Bush 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 Bush to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bush and extending to:

  • Olympia, which is the Seat of Thurston County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies just to the north northwest (NNW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,348 miles [3,778.7 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Bush to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 5 days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 134 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 92 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,822 miles [10,978.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,584 miles [12,205.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,710 miles [9,189.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Bush 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bush) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Bush, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Bush 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 Bush. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.9790, Longitude: -122.8790       In this case, the coordinates for Bush have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.297 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.89 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.163 degrees.