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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 New Reliance, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Reliance 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 New Reliance:
- 46.810105, -122.266223
- 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 New Reliance
- 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 Pierce County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce County
- Since New Reliance is near Lewis County and also Thurston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Thurston 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 New Reliance
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Reliance ...
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.
- Clay City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clay City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Mineral
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- National
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- National is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National
- Ohop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ohop is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohop
- Ohop Bob
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ohop Bob is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohop Bob
- Park Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Park Junction is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Junction
- Reliance
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Reliance is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Surprise Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Surprise Valley is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise Valley
How Far From New Reliance 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 New Reliance to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in New Reliance and extending to:
- Tacoma, which is the Seat of Pierce County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from New Reliance to Tacoma, with an average speed<3> 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 over a day.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 33 miles [53.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 2,319 miles [3,732.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,824 miles [10,982.2 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 7,586 miles [12,208.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,704 miles [9,179.7 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- New Reliance) 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 New Reliance 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 New Reliance. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8101, Longitude: -122.2662 In this case, the coordinates for New Reliance have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.78 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.28 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.773 degrees. |
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