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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 Fife, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fife 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 Fife:
- 47.236384, -122.35719
- 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 Fife
- 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 Pierce County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce County
- Since Fife is near King County and also Kitsap County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for King County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kitsap 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 Fife
Communities Also Named Fife ...
We found seven communities that are also named Fife.
Within Washington, the name Fife is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Fife lies 228 miles [366.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fife that is located in Pierce County.
- Georgia
- Fulton County
- This Fife is located in Fulton County and lies 2,174 miles [3,498.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Fife that is located in Pierce County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Fife.
- Montana
- Cascade County
- This Fife is located in Cascade County and lies 530 miles [853 km]<1> to the east of the Fife that is located in Pierce County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cascade County community of Fife.
- North Dakota
- Cass County
- This Fife is located in Cass County and lies 1,189 miles [1,913.5 km]<1> to the east of the Fife that is located in Pierce County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Fife.
- Oregon
- Crook 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 Oregon community of Fife [Crook County].
- Texas
- McCulloch County
- This Fife is located in McCulloch County and lies 1,632 miles [2,626.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Fife that is located in Pierce County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCulloch County community of Fife.
- Virginia
- Goochland County
- This Fife is located in Goochland County and lies 2,314 miles [3,724 km]<1> to the east of the Fife that is located in Pierce County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goochland County community of Fife.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fife ...
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.
- Dash Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Federal Way
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fern Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fern Hill is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hill
- Firwood ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gardenville ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lakota
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lakota is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakota
- Meeker
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Meeker is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Mirror Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mirror Lake is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirror Lake
- Stuck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stuck is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuck
How Far From Fife to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Fife to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fife and extending to:
- Tacoma, which is the Seat of Pierce County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Fife to Olympia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,322 miles [3,736.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,798 miles [10,940.3 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 7,560 miles [12,166.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,682 miles [9,144.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Fife) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Fife 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 Fife 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 Fife. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.2364, Longitude: -122.3572 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.876 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.414 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.802 degrees. |
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