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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 Hillyard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hillyard 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 Hillyard:
- 47.706068, -117.354051
- 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 Hillyard
- 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 Spokane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spokane County
- Since Hillyard is near Kootenai County and also Stevens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kootenai County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stevens 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 Hillyard
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hillyard ...
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.
- Alpha ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Alpha is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Chester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dishman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dishman is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dishman
- Highland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Irwin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Opportunity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard Park is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
- Orchard Prairie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Prairie is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Prairie
- Seven Mile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Seven Mile is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile
How Far From Hillyard 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 Hillyard to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hillyard and extending to:
- Spokane, which is the Seat of Spokane County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Hillyard to Olympia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,088 miles [3,360.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 82 days and walking would take 119 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,683 miles [10,755.2 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 7,450 miles [11,989.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,525 miles [8,891.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hillyard) 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 Hillyard 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 Hillyard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.7061, Longitude: -117.3541 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.789 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.704 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.511 degrees. |
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