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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 College Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to College Place 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 College Place:
- 46.049366, -118.388553
- 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 College Place
- 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 Walla Walla County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walla Walla County
- Since College Place is near Umatilla County and also Columbia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Umatilla County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia 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 College Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near College Place ...
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.
- Berryman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Berryman is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryman
- Crockett
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crockett is located in Umatilla County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
- Dixie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dixie Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dixie Crossing is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Crossing
- Ferndale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ferndale is located in Umatilla County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Milton - Freewater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Prunedale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Prunedale is located in Umatilla County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prunedale
- Sunnyside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside is located in Umatilla County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Valley Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Valley Grove is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grove
How Far From College Place 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 College Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in College Place and extending to:
- Walla Walla, which is the Seat of Walla Walla County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from College Place to Olympia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,137 miles [3,439.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 84 days and walking would take 122 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,807 miles [10,954.8 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 7,574 miles [12,189.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,646 miles [9,086.4 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- College Place) 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 College Place 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 College Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0494, Longitude: -118.3886 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.545 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.472 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.326 degrees. |
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