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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 Ebeys Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ebeys Landing 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 Ebeys Landing:
- 48.191764, -122.707947
- 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 Ebeys Landing
- 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 Island County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Island County
- Since Ebeys Landing is near Jefferson County and also Snohomish County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Snohomish 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 Ebeys Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ebeys Landing ...
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.
- Captains Choice
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Captains Choice is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Choice
- Coupeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Cove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
- Greenbank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Indian Beach is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Beach
- Keystone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Keystone is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Keystone Ferry Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Grove Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove Beach is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Beach
- Marketown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Marketown is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marketown
- Marrowstone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rockaway Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rockaway Beach is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway Beach
- Sunset Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sunset Beach is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
- Swantown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Swantown is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swantown
How Far From Ebeys Landing 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 Ebeys Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ebeys Landing and extending to:
- Coupeville, which is the Seat of Island County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Ebeys Landing to Olympia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,336 miles [3,759.4 km] to the east (E). Driving 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 6,741 miles [10,848.6 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 7,502 miles [12,073.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,634 miles [9,067 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ebeys Landing) 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 Ebeys Landing 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 Ebeys Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.1918, Longitude: -122.7079 In this case, the coordinates for Ebeys Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.211 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.85 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.962 degrees. |
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