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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 Mold, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mold 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 Mold:
- 47.742865, -119.341741
- 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 Mold
- 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Mold is near Grant County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Mold
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mold ...
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.
- Bacon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bacon is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
- Bagdad Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bagdad Junction is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad Junction
- Dry Falls Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dry Falls Junction is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Falls Junction
- Electric City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Farmer ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Farmer is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
- Fordair
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fordair is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordair
- Hartline
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mason City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mason City is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason City
- Mud Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mud Spring is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Spring
How Far From Mold 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 Mold to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Mold once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Mold and extending to:
- Waterville, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Mold to Waterville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 173 miles [278.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,181 miles [3,510 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 86 days and walking would take 124 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,716 miles [10,808.4 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 7,481 miles [12,039.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,575 miles [8,972.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mold, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Mold) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mold 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 Mold. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.7429, Longitude: -119.3417 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.414 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.587 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.792 degrees. |
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