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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 Kooskooskie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kooskooskie 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 Kooskooskie:
- 46.010138, -118.120226
- 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 Kooskooskie
- 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 Walla Walla County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walla Walla County
- Since Kooskooskie is near Umatilla County and also Wallowa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Umatilla County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wallowa 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 Kooskooskie
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kooskooskie ...
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.
- College Place
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Crockett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Crockett is located in Umatilla County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
- Dixie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ferndale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ferndale is located in Umatilla County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Milton - Freewater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Prunedale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Prunedale is located in Umatilla County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prunedale
- Sunnyside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside is located in Umatilla County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Tollgate
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Tollgate is located in Umatilla County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollgate
- Valley Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Grove is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grove
How Far From Kooskooskie to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Kooskooskie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kooskooskie and extending to:
- Walla Walla, which is the Seat of Walla Walla County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kooskooskie to Walla Walla, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 237 miles [381.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,124 miles [3,418.2 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 6,805 miles [10,951.6 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 7,572 miles [12,186 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,641 miles [9,078.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kooskooskie) 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 Kooskooskie 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 Kooskooskie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0101, Longitude: -118.1202 In this case, the coordinates for Kooskooskie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.324 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.212 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.158 degrees. |
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