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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 Menoken, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Menoken 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 Menoken:
- 46.299107, -118.162307
- 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 Menoken
- 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Since Menoken is near Walla Walla County and also Whitman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walla Walla County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitman 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 Menoken
Communities Also Named Menoken ...
We found three communities that are also named Menoken.
Within Washington, the name Menoken is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Montrose County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Menoken [Montrose County].
- Kansas
- Shawnee County
- This Menoken is located in Shawnee County and lies 1,235 miles [1,987.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Menoken that is located in Columbia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shawnee County community of Menoken.
- North Dakota
- Burleigh County
- This Menoken is located in Burleigh County and lies 836 miles [1,345.4 km]<2> to the east of the Menoken that is located in Columbia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burleigh County community of Menoken.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Menoken ...
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.
- Berryman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Berryman is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryman
- Climax
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Climax is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Clyde
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dixie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Five Points
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Harvey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harvey is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Huntsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Long
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Long is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
- Paddock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Relief
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Starbuck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Valley Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Grove is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grove
- Whetstone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whetstone is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
How Far From Menoken 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 Menoken to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Menoken and extending to:
- Dayton, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies just to the East.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Menoken to Olympia, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,126 miles [3,421.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,787 miles [10,922.6 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 7,554 miles [12,157 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,626 miles [9,054.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Menoken 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Menoken) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Menoken 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 Menoken. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2991, Longitude: -118.1623 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.375 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.29 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.161 degrees. |
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