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 Country Lane:
47.586761, -122.705700
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 Country Lane
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 Kitsap County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found five communities that are also named Country Lane.
Within Washington, the name Country Lane is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Lonoke County
This Country Lane is located in Lonoke County and lies 1,800 miles [2,896.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Country Lane that is located in Kitsap County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lonoke County community of Country Lane.
North Carolina
Rockingham County
This Country Lane is located in Rockingham County and lies 2,300 miles [3,701.5 km]<1> to the east of the Country Lane that is located in Kitsap County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Country Lane.
Utah
Davis County
This Country Lane is located in Davis County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Country Lane that is located in Kitsap County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Country Lane.
Salt Lake County
This Country Lane is located in Salt Lake County and lies 721 miles [1,160.3 km] to the southeast of the Country Lane that is located in Kitsap County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Country Lane.
Weber County
This Country Lane is located in Weber County and lies 686 miles [1,104 km] to the southeast of the Country Lane that is located in Kitsap County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Country Lane.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Country Lane ...
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.
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 Country Lane to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Country Lane and extending to:
Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Country Lane to Olympia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,337 miles [3,761 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 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,780 miles [10,911.4 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 7,541 miles [12,136.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,670 miles [9,125 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Country Lane) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Country Lane 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 Country Lane. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.5868, Longitude: -122.7057 In this case, the coordinates for Country Lane have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.182 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.786 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.006 degrees.