Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Kirkland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kirkland and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Kirkland
- 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 Kirkland:
- 47.680699, -122.197153
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Kirkland
- 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 King County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for King County
- Since Kirkland is near Snohomish County and also Kitsap County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Snohomish County
- eBird sighting report for Kitsap 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Kirkland ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Kirkland.
Within Washington, the name Kirkland is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, twenty are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Escambia County
- This Kirkland is located in Escambia County and lies 2,166 miles [3,485.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Kirkland that is located in King County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Kirkland.
- Fayette County
- This Kirkland is located in Fayette County and lies 2,011 miles [3,236.4 km] to the east southeast of the Kirkland that is located in King County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Kirkland.
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Atkinson County
- This Kirkland is located in Atkinson County and lies 2,344 miles [3,772.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Kirkland that is located in King County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atkinson County community of Kirkland.
- Coffee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Kirkland [Coffee County].
- Jeff Davis County
- This Kirkland is located in Jeff Davis County and lies 2,329 miles [3,748.2 km] to the east southeast of the Kirkland that is located in King County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jeff Davis County community of Kirkland.
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- New Brunswick
- This Kirkland lies 2,522 miles [4,058.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Kirkland that is located in King County.
- New York
- North Carolina
- Cabarrus 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 North Carolina community of Kirkland [Cabarrus County].
- New Hanover County
- This Kirkland is located in New Hanover County and lies 2,452 miles [3,946.1 km]<1> to the east of the Kirkland that is located in King County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Hanover County community of Kirkland.
- Pennsylvania
- Quebec
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Lincoln County
- This Kirkland is located in Lincoln County and lies 2,015 miles [3,242.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Kirkland that is located in King County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Kirkland.
- Williamson County
- This Kirkland is located in Williamson County and lies 1,983 miles [3,191.3 km] to the east southeast of the Kirkland that is located in King County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Kirkland.
- Texas
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kirkland ...
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.
- Boddy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Clyde
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Clyde Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde Hill
- Clyde Hill is located in King County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,398 people
- Edgewater Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewater Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Edgewater Park is located in King County
- Hunts Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Point
- Hunts Point is located in King County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 435 people
- Kingsgate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
- Kingsgate is located in King County
- Lake City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Meadow Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
- Meadow Brook is located in King County
- Moorlands
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Rose Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Sand Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Point
- Sand Point is located in King County
- University Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- University Village is located in King County
- View Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for View Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Ridge
- View Ridge is located in King County
- Willows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Kirkland to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Kirkland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kirkland and extending to:
- Seattle, which is the Seat of King County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Kirkland to Olympia, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,314 miles [3,724 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 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
- The shortest distance<6> 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).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,528 miles [12,115.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,652 miles [9,096 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Kirkland: www.ci.kirkland.wa.us/
The official website for King County: www.metrokc.gov/
The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Kirkland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kirkland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.6807, Longitude: -122.1972 |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Kirkland 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. |
| <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 Kirkland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Kirkland to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.765 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.307 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.664 degrees. |