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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 Fobes Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fobes Hill 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 Fobes Hill:
- 47.948986, -122.119853
- 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 Fobes Hill
- 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 Snohomish County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Snohomish County
- Since Fobes Hill is near King County and also Island 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 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Fobes Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fobes Hill ...
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.
- Bromart
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bromart is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromart
- Casino Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Casino Corner is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casino Corner
- Clearview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Clearview is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Delta Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Delta Junction is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta Junction
- Edgewater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Edgewater is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Everett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Everett Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Everett Junction is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett Junction
- Forest Glade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Forest Glade is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glade
- Intercity
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Intercity is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intercity
- Lake Stickney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Stickney is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Stickney
- Marysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Murphys Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Murphys Corner is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Corner
- Silver Firs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Silver Firs is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Firs
- Three Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Three Lakes is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Lakes
How Far From Fobes Hill 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 Fobes Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fobes Hill and extending to:
- Everett, which is the Seat of Snohomish County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Fobes Hill 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 4 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 2,309 miles [3,716 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,748 miles [10,859.9 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 7,509 miles [12,084.6 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fobes Hill) 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 Fobes Hill 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 Fobes Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.9490, Longitude: -122.1199 In this case, the coordinates for Fobes Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.713 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.261 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.592 degrees. |
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