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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 Jerry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jerry 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 Jerry:
    • 46.324325, -117.108492
    • 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 Jerry
  • 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 Asotin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Asotin County
    • Since Jerry is near Nez Perce County and also Whitman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nez Perce County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Whitman 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 Jerry

Communities Also Named Jerry ...

We found four communities that are also named Jerry.

Within Washington, the name Jerry is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Washington Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Jerry [Washington Parish].
    • New York
      • Oswego 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 New York community of Jerry [Oswego County].
    • North Carolina
      • Tyrrell County
      • This Jerry is located in Tyrrell County and lies 2,217 miles [3,567.9 km]<2> to the east of the Jerry that is located in Asotin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tyrrell County community of Jerry.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cameron 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 Pennsylvania community of Jerry [Cameron County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jerry ...

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.

  • Cloverland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cloverland is located in Asotin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
  • Forebay
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Forebay is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forebay
  • Grahams Landing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Grahams Landing is located in Asotin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahams Landing
  • Gurney
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Gurney is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
  • Highland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Highland is located in Asotin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Moses
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Moses is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moses
  • Transfer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Transfer is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transfer
  • Vineland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Vineland is located in Asotin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland

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

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

  • Asotin, which is the Seat of Asotin County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Jerry 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 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,076 miles [3,341 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 118 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,766 miles [10,888.8 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 7,533 miles [12,123.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,596 miles [9,005.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Jerry 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 '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- Jerry) 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 Jerry 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 Jerry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3243, Longitude: -117.1085       In this case, the coordinates for Jerry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.518 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.296 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.488 degrees.