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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 Moxee City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moxee City 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 Moxee City:
- 46.553739, -120.383116
- 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 Moxee City
- 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 Yakima County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yakima County
- Since Moxee City is near Kittitas County and also Grant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kittitas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant 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 Moxee City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Moxee City ...
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.
- Brace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brace is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brace
- Donald
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Donald is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Flint
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Flint is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Fruitvale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fruitvale is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Hillside Siding
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hillside Siding is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Siding
- Summitview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Summitview is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitview
- Terrace Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Terrace Heights is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Heights
- Union Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
How Far From Moxee City 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 Moxee City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Moxee City and extending to:
- Yakima, which is the Seat of Yakima County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Moxee City to Olympia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,231 miles [3,590.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 127 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,810 miles [10,959.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,575 miles [12,190.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,671 miles [9,126.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
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> | 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- Moxee City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Moxee City 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 Moxee City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5537, Longitude: -120.3831 In this case, the coordinates for Moxee City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.21 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.44 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.567 degrees. |
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