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 Mount Vista:
45.734986, -122.633013
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 Mount Vista
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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Mount Vista.
Within Washington, the name Mount Vista is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Tennessee
Henry County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Vista [Henry County].
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Mount Vista is located in Salt Lake County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Mount Vista that is located in Clark County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Mount Vista.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Vista ...
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.
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 Mount Vista to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mount Vista and extending to:
Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Mount Vista to Olympia, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,342 miles [3,769.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,900 miles [11,104.5 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 7,662 miles [12,330.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,776 miles [9,295.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Mount Vista, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Mount Vista) 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 Mount Vista 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 Mount Vista. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7350, Longitude: -122.6330
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.026 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.514 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.081 degrees.