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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 Chehalis Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chehalis Village and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Chehalis Village:
    • 46.803433, -123.169032
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Chehalis Village
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Chehalis Village ...

We found one communities that share the name Chehalis Village.

There is one other community in Washington which is also named Chehalis Village.

Beyond Washington.

  • Communities Located In Washington ...
    • Thurston 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 Washington community of Chehalis Village [Thurston County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Chehalis Village ...

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.

  • Bordeaux ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordeaux
    • Bordeaux is located in Thurston County
  • Bunker
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bunker have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker
    • Bunker is located in Lewis County
  • Cedarville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
    • Cedarville is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Grand Mound
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Independence
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
    • Independence is located in Thurston County
  • Littlerock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Mays ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mays have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays
    • Mays is located in Lewis County
  • Maytown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maytown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
    • Maytown is located in Thurston County
  • Michigan Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Michigan Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Hill
    • Michigan Hill is located in Thurston County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Chehalis Village and extending to:

  • Montesano, which is the Seat of Grays Harbor County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<4> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Chehalis Village to Montesano, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,362 miles [3,801.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,838 miles [11,004.7 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 7,599 miles [12,229.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,727 miles [9,216.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Chehalis Village. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Grays Harbor County: www.co.grays-harbor.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/

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 Chehalis Village 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chehalis Village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chehalis Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8034, Longitude: -123.1690       In this case, the coordinates for Chehalis Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Chehalis Village to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.53 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.152 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.365 degrees.




 

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