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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 Dusty, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dusty 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 Dusty:
- 46.810160, -117.651866
- 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 Dusty
- 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 Dusty is near Garfield County and also Columbia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garfield 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 Dusty
Communities Also Named Dusty ...
We found one communities that are also named Dusty.
Within Washington, the name Dusty is unique.
Beyond Washington, there is another community also named Dusty in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Mexico
- Socorro County
- This Dusty is located in Socorro County and lies 1,049 miles [1,688.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Dusty that is located in Whitman County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Socorro County community of Dusty.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dusty ...
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.
- Diamond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Hay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hay is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay
- LaCrosse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mayview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mayview is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayview
- Ping
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ping is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ping
- Shreck
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shreck is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shreck
- Swift
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Swift is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Union Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Union Center is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
How Far From Dusty 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 community such as Dusty to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dusty and extending to:
- Colfax, which is the Seat of Whitman County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dusty to Colfax, with an average speed<3> 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 247 miles [397.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,101 miles [3,381.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 82 days and walking would take 120 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,745 miles [10,855 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 7,512 miles [12,089.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,583 miles [8,985 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dusty) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Dusty 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 Dusty. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8102, Longitude: -117.6519 In this case, the coordinates for Dusty have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.987 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.873 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.789 degrees. |
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