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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 Rains, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Rains 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 Rains:
- 45.652617, -121.918414
- 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 Rains
- 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 Skamania County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Skamania County
- Since Fort Rains is near Multnomah County and also Hood River County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Multnomah County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hood River 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 Rains
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Rains ...
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.
- Bridal Veil
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade Locks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cook is located in Skamania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Dee ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dee is located in Hood River County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Home Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Home Valley is located in Skamania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Valley
- Hood
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hood is located in Skamania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Mount Pleasant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Oak Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Hood River County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Windmaster Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Windmaster Corner is located in Hood River County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmaster Corner
How Far From Fort Rains 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 Fort Rains 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 Rains and extending to:
- Stevenson, which is the Seat of Skamania County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Fort Rains 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,308 miles [3,714.4 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 6,894 miles [11,094.8 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 7,657 miles [12,322.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,763 miles [9,274.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fort Rains) 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 Rains 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 Rains. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6526, Longitude: -121.9184 In this case, the coordinates for Fort Rains have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.428 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.811 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.622 degrees. |
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