Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Dungeness, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dungeness and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Dungeness
- 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 Dungeness:
- 48.146760, -123.123234
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Dungeness
- 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 Clallam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clallam County
- Since Dungeness is near Jefferson County and also Island County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- eBird sighting report for Island 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Dungeness ...
We found one communities that share the name Dungeness.
Within Washington, the name Dungeness is unique.
Beyond Washington, there is another community also named Dungeness in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dungeness ...
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.
- Crane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Discovery Bay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Discovery Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Discovery Bay
- Discovery Bay is located in Jefferson County
- Discovery Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Discovery Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Discovery Junction
- Discovery Junction is located in Jefferson County
- Four Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Four Corners is located in Jefferson County
- Glen Cove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Happy Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Happy Valley is located in Clallam County
- Jamestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - King Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Little Oklahoma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Oklahoma
- Little Oklahoma is located in Clallam County
- Mount Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Clallam County
- Port Discovery ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Discovery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Discovery
- Port Discovery is located in Jefferson County
- River Road
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road
- River Road is located in Clallam County
- Woodmans
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Dungeness 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 Dungeness to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Dungeness once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Dungeness and extending to:
- Port Angeles, which is the Seat of Clallam County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Dungeness to Port Angeles, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 77 miles [123.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,355 miles [3,790 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,750 miles [10,863.1 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 7,510 miles [12,086.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,647 miles [9,088 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Clallam County: www.clallam.net/
The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dungeness) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dungeness. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.1468, Longitude: -123.1232 In this case, the coordinates for Dungeness have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Dungeness, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Dungeness to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.554 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.244 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.24 degrees. |