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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 Fircrest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fircrest 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 Fircrest:
- 47.239059, -122.516293
- 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 Fircrest
- 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 Fircrest 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 Fircrest
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fircrest ...
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.
- Castlenook ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Castlenook is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlenook
- Clover Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dash Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fern Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fern Hill is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hill
- Fox Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gig Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor Heights is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Heights
- Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hope is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Lake City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Lakeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Pioneer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Ponders Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ponders Corner is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponders Corner
- Sunset Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Beach is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
- University Place
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
How Far From Fircrest 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 city such as Fircrest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fircrest and extending to:
- Tacoma, which is the Seat of Pierce County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Fircrest to Olympia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,330 miles [3,749.8 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 133 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,800 miles [10,943.5 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 7,562 miles [12,169.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,685 miles [9,149.1 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 from Point A (ie- Fircrest) 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 Fircrest 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 Fircrest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.2391, Longitude: -122.5163 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.009 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.567 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.907 degrees. |
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