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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 Mirror Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mirror Lake and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Mirror Lake:
    • 47.324266, -122.341234
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Mirror Lake
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Mirror Lake ...

We found five communities that share the name Mirror Lake.

There is one other community in Washington which is also named Mirror Lake.

Beyond Washington, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Washington ...
    • Whatcom County
      • This Mirror Lake is located in Whatcom County and lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the north of the Mirror Lake that is located in King County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whatcom County community of Mirror Lake.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Mirror Lake lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mirror Lake that is located in King County.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Mirror Lake is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,524 miles [4,062 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Mirror Lake that is located in King County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Mirror Lake.
    • Massachusetts
      • Middlesex 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 Massachusetts community of Mirror Lake [Middlesex County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Carroll County
      • This Mirror Lake is located in Carroll County and lies 2,441 miles [3,928.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mirror Lake that is located in King County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Mirror Lake.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mirror Lake ...

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.

  • Christopher
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christopher have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christopher
    • Christopher is located in King County
  • Dash Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dash Point
    • Dash Point is located in Pierce County
  • Federal Way
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Fern Heath
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fern Heath have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Heath
    • Fern Heath is located in King County
  • Firwood ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Firwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firwood
    • Firwood is located in Pierce County
  • Gardenville ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenville
    • Gardenville is located in Pierce County
  • Harbor Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Heights
    • Harbor Heights is located in King County
  • Kent
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
    • Kent is located in King County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 130,676 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <4>
  • Lakota
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakota have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakota
    • Lakota is located in King County
  • Portage
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Portage have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
    • Portage is located in King County
  • Stuck
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stuck have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuck
    • Stuck is located in King County

How Far From Mirror Lake 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 Mirror Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mirror Lake and extending to:

  • Seattle, which is the Seat of King County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Mirror Lake to Seattle, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 32 miles [51.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,321 miles [3,735.3 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,792 miles [10,930.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • 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).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,676 miles [9,134.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mirror Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for King County: www.metrokc.gov/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Mirror Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mirror Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.3243, Longitude: -122.3412       In this case, the coordinates for Mirror Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Mirror Lake 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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.
<7>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 Mirror Lake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.868 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.408 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.785 degrees.




 

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