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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 Joso, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Joso 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 Joso:
- 46.611534, -118.218576
- 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 Joso
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Joso is near Columbia County and also Walla Walla County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walla Walla 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 Joso
Curious and Interesting Names Near Joso ...
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.
- Chew
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chew is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chew
- Gordon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Harder
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Harder is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harder
- Hay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hay is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay
- Powers
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Powers is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Relief
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Relief is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
- Shreck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Shreck is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shreck
- Starbuck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wild Goose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wild Goose is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Goose
How Far From Joso 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 Joso to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Joso and extending to:
- Pasco, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Joso to Pasco, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 223 miles [358.9 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 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,128 miles [3,424.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 84 days and walking would take 121 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,768 miles [10,892 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 7,535 miles [12,126.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,610 miles [9,028.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<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 '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- Joso) 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 Joso 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 Joso. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6115, Longitude: -118.2186 In this case, the coordinates for Joso have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.438 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.384 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.169 degrees. |
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