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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 Knappton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Knappton 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 Knappton:
- 46.275545, -123.815480
- 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 Knappton
- 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 Pacific County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pacific County
- Since Knappton is near Clatsop County and also Wahkiakum County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clatsop County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wahkiakum 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 Knappton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Knappton ...
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.
- Chinook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Deep River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Eden is located in Wahkiakum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Fern Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fern Hill is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hill
- Miles Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Miles Crossing is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Crossing
- Navy Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Navy Heights is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navy Heights
- Stringtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stringtown is located in Pacific County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Tongue Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tongue Point is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tongue Point
- Tongue Point Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tongue Point Village is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tongue Point Village
- Uniontown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Uniontown is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
How Far From Knappton 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 Knappton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Knappton once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Knappton and extending to:
- South Bend, which is the Seat of Pacific County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Knappton to South Bend, with an average speed<4> 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 68 miles [109.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,395 miles [3,854.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,882 miles [11,075.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,643 miles [12,300.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,774 miles [9,292.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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> | 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 Knappton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Knappton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Knappton 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 Knappton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2755, Longitude: -123.8155 In this case, the coordinates for Knappton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 342.041 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.723 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.822 degrees. |
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