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As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Grand Coulee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grand Coulee and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Grand Coulee:
    • 47.938609, -119.003591
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Grand Coulee
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Grand Coulee ...

We found two communities that share the name Grand Coulee.

There is one other community in Washington which is also named Grand Coulee.

Beyond Washington, there is another community also named Grand Coulee in the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Located In Washington ...
    • Lincoln 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 Washington community of Grand Coulee [Lincoln County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Grand Coulee lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Grand Coulee that is located in Grant County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grand Coulee ...

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.

  • Bagdad Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bagdad Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad Junction
    • Bagdad Junction is located in Lincoln County
  • Electric City
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Elmer City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Fordair
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fordair have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordair
    • Fordair is located in Grant County
  • Hartline
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Lone Pine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Pine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
    • Lone Pine is located in Okanogan County
  • Mason City ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mason City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason City
    • Mason City is located in Okanogan County
  • Mold ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mold
    • Mold is located in Douglas County

How Far From Grand Coulee 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 city such as Grand Coulee to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grand Coulee and extending to:

  • Ephrata, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Grand Coulee to Ephrata, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 192 miles [309 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,165 miles [3,484.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 123 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,698 miles [10,779.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,463 miles [12,010.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,555 miles [8,939.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grand Coulee. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Grant County: www.co.grant.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/

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 Grand Coulee 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>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- Grand Coulee) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grand Coulee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.9386, Longitude: -119.0036    
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Grand Coulee to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.146 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.289 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.554 degrees.




 

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