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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 Crabtree, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crabtree 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 Crabtree:
    • 47.034060, -117.191011
    • 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 Crabtree
  • 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 Whitman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Whitman County
    • Since Crabtree is near Latah County and also Benewah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Latah County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Benewah 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 Crabtree

Communities Also Named Crabtree ...

We found ten communities that are also named Crabtree.

Within Washington, the name Crabtree is unique.

Beyond Washington, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Van Buren County
      • This Crabtree is located in Van Buren County and lies 1,490 miles [2,397.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Crabtree that is located in Whitman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Crabtree.
    • California
      • Fresno County
      • This Crabtree is located in Fresno County and lies 710 miles [1,142.6 km]<1> to the south of the Crabtree that is located in Whitman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fresno County community of Crabtree.
    • Maryland
      • Garrett County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Crabtree [Garrett County].
    • North Carolina
      • Haywood County
      • This Crabtree is located in Haywood County and lies 1,923 miles [3,094.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Crabtree that is located in Whitman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haywood County community of Crabtree.
    • Ohio
      • Scioto County
      • This Crabtree is located in Scioto County and lies 1,795 miles [2,888.8 km]<1> to the east of the Crabtree that is located in Whitman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Crabtree.
    • Oregon
      • Linn County
      • This Crabtree is located in Linn County and lies 320 miles [515 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Crabtree that is located in Whitman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Crabtree.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Crabtree is located in Westmoreland County and lies 1,918 miles [3,086.7 km]<1> to the east of the Crabtree that is located in Whitman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Crabtree.
    • Quebec
      • This Crabtree lies 2,052 miles [3,302.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Crabtree that is located in Whitman County.
    • Tennessee
      • Carter County
      • This Crabtree is located in Carter County and lies 1,939 miles [3,120.5 km]<1> to the east of the Crabtree that is located in Whitman County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Crabtree.
    • Virginia
      • Dickenson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Crabtree [Dickenson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crabtree ...

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.

  • Cashup
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Cashup is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashup
  • Eden
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Eden is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Freeze
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Freeze is located in Latah County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeze
  • Jamestown ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jamestown is located in Latah County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
  • Lone Pine
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Lone Pine is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
  • Mountain Home ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Mountain Home is located in Latah County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
  • Ringo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Ringo is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringo
  • Steptoe
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Yellow Dog ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Yellow Dog is located in Latah County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Dog

How Far From Crabtree to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Crabtree to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Crabtree and extending to:

  • Colfax, which is the Seat of Whitman County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Crabtree to Colfax, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 268 miles [431.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,080 miles [3,347.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 82 days and walking would take 119 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,723 miles [10,819.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,489 miles [12,052.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,558 miles [8,944.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Crabtree) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Crabtree 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Crabtree 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 Crabtree. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0341, Longitude: -117.1910       In this case, the coordinates for Crabtree have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.623 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.466 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.473 degrees.