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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 Lake McMurray, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake McMurray 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 Lake McMurray:
- 48.314419, -122.231721
- 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 Lake McMurray
- 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 Skagit County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Skagit County
- Since Lake McMurray is near Snohomish County and also Island County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Snohomish County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Island 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 Lake McMurray
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake McMurray ...
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.
- Big Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Big Lake is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
- Chuckanut Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Chuckanut Junction is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckanut Junction
- Clear Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- English
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- English is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
- English Boom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- English Boom is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Boom
- Fish Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fish Town is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Town
- Florence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Juniper Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Milltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Milltown is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Norman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Norman is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Smokey Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Terrys Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Terrys Corner is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrys Corner
- Totem Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Totem Park is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totem Park
- Warm Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Warm Beach is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Beach
How Far From Lake McMurray 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 community such as Lake McMurray to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lake McMurray and extending to:
- Mount Vernon, which is the Seat of Skagit County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Lake McMurray to Olympia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,314 miles [3,724 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,725 miles [10,822.8 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 7,487 miles [12,049.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,616 miles [9,038.1 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- Lake McMurray) 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 Lake McMurray 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 Lake McMurray. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.3144, Longitude: -122.2317 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.822 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.405 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.637 degrees. |
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