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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 Gleed, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gleed 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 Gleed:
- 46.658282, -120.614951
- 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 Gleed
- 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 Yakima County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yakima County
- Since Gleed is near Kittitas County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kittitas 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 Gleed
Communities Also Named Gleed ...
We found one communities that are also named Gleed.
Within Washington, the name Gleed is unique.
Beyond Washington, there is another community also named Gleed in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Johnson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Gleed [Johnson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gleed ...
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.
- Brace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brace is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brace
- Donald
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Donald is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Flint
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Flint is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Fruitvale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitvale is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Hillside Siding
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Summitview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Summitview is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitview
- Terrace Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Terrace Heights is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Heights
- Union Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- White Swan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
How Far From Gleed 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 Gleed to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Gleed and extending to:
- Yakima, which is the Seat of Yakima County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Gleed to Olympia, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,242 miles [3,608.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 128 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,807 miles [10,954.8 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 7,571 miles [12,184.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,671 miles [9,126.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Gleed 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gleed) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Gleed 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 Gleed. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6583, Longitude: -120.6150 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.406 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.674 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.709 degrees. |
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