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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 Chewelah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chewelah 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 Chewelah:
- 48.276288, -117.715561
- 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 Chewelah
- 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 Chewelah is near Pend Oreille County and also Ferry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pend Oreille County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ferry 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 Chewelah
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chewelah ...
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.
- Cozy Nook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cozy Nook is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozy Nook
- Daisy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Deer Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Deer Valley is located in Pend Oreille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Valley
- Grays
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Locke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Locke is located in Pend Oreille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
- Loon Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Maud
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Maud is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Park Rapids
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Park Rapids is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Rapids
- Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Waits
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Chewelah 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 city such as Chewelah to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chewelah and extending to:
- Colville, which is the Seat of Stevens County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Chewelah to Colville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 255 miles [410.4 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 2,107 miles [3,390.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 120 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,653 miles [10,707 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 7,419 miles [11,939.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,502 miles [8,854.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chewelah) 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 Chewelah 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 Chewelah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.2763, Longitude: -117.7156 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.109 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.113 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.685 degrees. |
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