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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 Fort Casey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Casey 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 Fort Casey:
- 48.164263, -122.678778
- 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 Fort Casey
- 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 Fort Casey 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 Fort Casey
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Casey ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Captains Choice is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Choice
- Coupeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Glen Cove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Cove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
- Greenbank
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Indian Beach is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Beach
- Keystone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Keystone is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Keystone Ferry Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Marrowstone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rockaway Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rockaway Beach is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway Beach
- Sunset Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Beach is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
How Far From Fort Casey 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 Fort Casey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fort Casey and extending to:
- Coupeville, which is the Seat of Island County, lies just to the North.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Fort Casey 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 2,335 miles [3,757.8 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 6,742 miles [10,850.2 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 7,503 miles [12,074.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,635 miles [9,068.7 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Fort Casey) 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 Fort Casey 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 Fort Casey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.1643, Longitude: -122.6788 In this case, the coordinates for Fort Casey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.186 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.819 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.945 degrees. |
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