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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 Kettle Falls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kettle Falls 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 Kettle Falls:
- 48.606500, -118.057716
- 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 Kettle Falls
- 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 Stevens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stevens County
- Since Kettle Falls is near Ferry County and also Pend Oreille County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ferry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pend Oreille 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 Kettle Falls
Communities Also Named Kettle Falls ...
We found one communities that are also named Kettle Falls.
Within Washington, the name Kettle Falls is unique.
Beyond Washington, there is another community also named Kettle Falls in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- This Kettle Falls is located in Saint Louis County and lies 1,156 miles [1,860.4 km]<1> to the east of the Kettle Falls that is located in Stevens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Kettle Falls.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kettle Falls ...
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.
- Bear
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bear is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
- Blue Town ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Town is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Town
- Echo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Echo is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Evans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Greenwood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greenwood is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Harvey ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harvey is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Marcus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
How Far From Kettle Falls 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 city such as Kettle Falls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kettle Falls and extending to:
- Colville, which is the Seat of Stevens County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 249 miles [400.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Kettle Falls to Olympia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four 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 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,123 miles [3,416.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 121 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,638 miles [10,682.8 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 7,404 miles [11,915.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,493 miles [8,840.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Kettle Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Kettle Falls 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 Kettle Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.6065, Longitude: -118.0577 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.402 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.473 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.872 degrees. |
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