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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 Monse, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Monse 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 Monse:
- 48.141256, -119.678344
- 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 Monse
- 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 Okanogan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Okanogan County
- Since Monse is near Douglas County and also Chelan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chelan 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 Monse
Curious and Interesting Names Near Monse ...
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.
- Cherokee
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
- Dyer ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dyer is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Howard
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Howard is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Loop Loop ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Loop Loop is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loop Loop
- Mud Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mud Spring is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Spring
- Paradise Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Paradise Hill is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
- Rocky Butte
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rocky Butte is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Butte
- Ruby ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Virginia City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Virginia City is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
How Far From Monse 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 Monse to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Monse and extending to:
- Okanogan, which is the Seat of Okanogan County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Monse to Okanogan, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 168 miles [270.4 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 2,197 miles [3,535.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 86 days and walking would take 125 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,696 miles [10,776.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,460 miles [12,005.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,561 miles [8,949.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Monse) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Monse 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 Monse. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.1413, Longitude: -119.6783 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.708 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.952 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.974 degrees. |
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