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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 Home, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Home 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 Home:
    • 47.275182, -122.764603
    • 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 Home
  • 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 Pierce County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce County
    • Since Home is near Mason County and also Thurston 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 Thurston 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 Home

Communities Also Named Home ...

We found ten communities that are also named Home.

Within Washington, the name Home is unique.

Beyond Washington, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Wayne 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 Illinois community of Home [Wayne County].
    • Indiana
      • Jefferson 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 Indiana community of Home [Jefferson County].
    • Kansas
      • Marshall County
      • This Home is located in Marshall County and lies 1,401 miles [2,254.7 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Home that is located in Pierce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Home.
    • Kentucky
      • Pike 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 Kentucky community of Home [Pike County].
    • Minnesota
      • Brown 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 Minnesota community of Home [Brown County].
    • Ohio
      • Clermont County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Home [Clermont County].
      • Highland County
      • This community is historic and although located in Highland County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highland County community of Home.
    • Oregon
      • Malheur County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Home [Malheur County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Indiana County
      • This Home is located in Indiana County and lies 2,184 miles [3,514.8 km]<2> to the east of the Home that is located in Pierce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Home.
    • West Virginia
      • Braxton County
      • This Home is located in Braxton County and lies 2,170 miles [3,492.3 km]<2> to the east of the Home that is located in Pierce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Braxton County community of Home.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Home ...

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.

How Far From Home 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 Home to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Tacoma, which is the Seat of Pierce County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Home to Tacoma, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 17 miles [27.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,341 miles [3,767.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,801 miles [10,945.1 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 7,563 miles [12,171.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,689 miles [9,155.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Home 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Home) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Home, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Home 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 Home. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.2752, Longitude: -122.7646    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.217 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.811 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.067 degrees.