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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 Caples Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Caples Landing 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 Caples Landing:
- 45.905114, -122.802882
- 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 Caples Landing
- 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 Cowlitz County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cowlitz County
- Since Caples Landing is near Columbia County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Caples Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Caples Landing ...
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.
- Apiary ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Apiary is located in Columbia County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apiary
- Bachelor Flat ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bachelor Flat is located in Columbia County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor Flat
- Beaver Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Springs is located in Columbia County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs
- Cedarville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cedarville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Charter Oak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Charter Oak is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Oak
- Deer Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dollar's Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dollar's Corner is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar's Corner
- Fern Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fern Hill is located in Columbia County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hill
- Good Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Good Hope is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Hall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hall is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Highland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- King Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- King Corner is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Corner
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Knapp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Knapp is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Knapp Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Knapp Landing is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp Landing
- Pigeon Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pigeon Springs is located in Cowlitz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Springs
- Pioneer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Rose Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rose Valley is located in Cowlitz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Valley
- Trojan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Trojan is located in Columbia County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trojan
How Far From Caples Landing to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Caples Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Caples Landing and extending to:
- Kelso, which is the Seat of Cowlitz County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Caples Landing to Kelso, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,349 miles [3,780.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,891 miles [11,090 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 7,654 miles [12,317.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,771 miles [9,287.5 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Caples Landing) 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 Caples Landing 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 Caples Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9051, Longitude: -122.8029 In this case, the coordinates for Caples Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.177 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.698 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.181 degrees. |
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