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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 Dry Falls Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dry Falls Junction 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 Dry Falls Junction:
- 47.626256, -119.332252
- 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 Dry Falls Junction
- 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Dry Falls Junction is near Grant County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Dry Falls Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dry Falls Junction ...
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.
- Bacon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bacon is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
- Farmer ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Farmer is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
- Fordair
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fordair is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordair
- Hartline
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lakeview Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview Park is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Park
- Marlin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marlin is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlin
- Mold ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mold is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mold
- Soap Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Dry Falls Junction 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 Dry Falls Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dry Falls Junction and extending to:
- Waterville, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Dry Falls Junction to Waterville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 171 miles [275.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,180 miles [3,508.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 86 days and walking would take 124 days.
- The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,488 miles [12,050.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,582 miles [8,983.4 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- Dry Falls Junction) 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 Dry Falls Junction 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 Dry Falls Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.6263, Longitude: -119.3323 In this case, the coordinates for Dry Falls Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.401 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.564 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.797 degrees. |
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