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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 Gravelly Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gravelly Beach 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 Gravelly Beach:
- 47.104540, -122.965144
- 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 Gravelly Beach
- 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 Thurston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Thurston County
- Since Gravelly Beach is near Mason County and also Pierce County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mason County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce 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 Gravelly Beach
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gravelly Beach ...
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.
- Agate
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Agate is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agate
- Bush
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bush is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Delphi
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Delphi is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Edgewater Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Edgewater Beach is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
- Graham Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Graham Point is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Point
- Grant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Grant is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Lacey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Marshville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marshville is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshville
- Mushroom Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mushroom Corner is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mushroom Corner
- Sunrise Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sunrise Beach is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Beach
- Sunset Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sunset Beach is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
- Tumwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Union Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union Mill is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mill
How Far From Gravelly Beach to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Gravelly Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gravelly Beach and extending to:
- Olympia, which is the Seat of Thurston County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies just to the south southeast (SSE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,351 miles [3,783.6 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Gravelly Beach to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 5 days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 134 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 92 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,815 miles [10,967.7 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 7,577 miles [12,194 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,704 miles [9,179.7 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gravelly Beach) 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 Gravelly Beach 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 Gravelly Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1045, Longitude: -122.9651 In this case, the coordinates for Gravelly Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.375 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.986 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.211 degrees. |
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