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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 Jerita, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jerita 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 Jerita:
- 46.742932, -117.886883
- 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 Jerita
- 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 Whitman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitman County
- Since Jerita is near Garfield County and also Columbia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia 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 Jerita
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jerita ...
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.
- Dodge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dodge is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
- Dusty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dusty is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dusty
- Gordon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gordon is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Hay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hay is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay
- LaCrosse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ping
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ping is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ping
- Shreck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shreck is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shreck
- Swift
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Swift is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Wild Goose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wild Goose is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Goose
How Far From Jerita 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 Jerita to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Jerita and extending to:
- Colfax, which is the Seat of Whitman County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Jerita to Colfax, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 237 miles [381.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,112 miles [3,398.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 120 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,754 miles [10,869.5 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 7,521 miles [12,103.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,593 miles [9,001.1 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' (or 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- Jerita) 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 Jerita 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 Jerita. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7429, Longitude: -117.8869 In this case, the coordinates for Jerita have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.174 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.086 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.945 degrees. |
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