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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 Mayview, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mayview 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 Mayview:
- 46.629400, -117.465182
- 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 Mayview
- 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 Garfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garfield County
- Since Mayview is near Whitman County and also Columbia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitman County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia 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 Mayview
Communities Also Named Mayview ...
We found seven communities that are also named Mayview.
Within Washington, the name Mayview is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Arkansas County
- This Mayview is located in Arkansas County and lies 1,606 miles [2,584.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Mayview that is located in Garfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas County community of Mayview.
- Illinois
- Champaign County
- This Mayview is located in Champaign County and lies 1,530 miles [2,462.3 km]<1> to the east of the Mayview that is located in Garfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of Mayview.
- Kansas
- Jewell 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 Kansas community of Mayview [Jewell County].
- Missouri
- Lafayette County
- This Mayview is located in Lafayette County and lies 1,299 miles [2,090.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Mayview that is located in Garfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Mayview.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Mayview [Allegheny County].
- Saskatchewan
- This Mayview lies 686 miles [1,104 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mayview that is located in Garfield County.
- Tennessee
- Davidson 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 Tennessee community of Mayview [Davidson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mayview ...
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.
- Chambers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Diamond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Diamond is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Dodge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dodge is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
- Dusty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dusty is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dusty
- Kirby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kirby is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Mentor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mentor is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
- Moses
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Moses is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moses
- Ping
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ping is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ping
- Sunshine
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sunshine is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Swift
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Swift is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Union Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Union Center is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Uniontown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
How Far From Mayview 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 Mayview to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mayview and extending to:
- Pomeroy, which is the Seat of Garfield County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mayview to Pomeroy, with an average speed<4> 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 258 miles [415.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,093 miles [3,368.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 82 days and walking would take 119 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,753 miles [10,867.9 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 7,520 miles [12,102.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,588 miles [8,993 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Mayview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Mayview 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Mayview 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 Mayview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6294, Longitude: -117.4652 In this case, the coordinates for Mayview have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.825 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.673 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.687 degrees. |
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