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 Hazel Dell:
45.671419, -122.663366
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 Hazel Dell
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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Hazel Dell.
Within Washington, the name Hazel Dell is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Cumberland County
This Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County and lies 1,804 miles [2,903.3 km]<1> to the east of the Hazel Dell that is located in Clark County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Hazel Dell.
Oklahoma
Pottawatomie County
This Hazel Dell is located in Pottawatomie County and lies 1,510 miles [2,430.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Hazel Dell that is located in Clark County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawatomie County community of Hazel Dell.
Saskatchewan
This Hazel Dell lies 991 miles [1,594.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hazel Dell that is located in Clark County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hazel Dell ...
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.
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 Hazel Dell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hazel Dell and extending to:
Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Hazel Dell to Olympia, with an average speed<2>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 three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,344 miles [3,772.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,905 miles [11,112.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,667 miles [12,338.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,781 miles [9,303.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hazel Dell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Hazel Dell 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 Hazel Dell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6714, Longitude: -122.6634
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.048 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.536 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.104 degrees.