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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 Nisqually Indian Community, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nisqually Indian Community and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Nisqually Indian Community
- 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 Nisqually Indian Community:
- 47.011634, -122.691534
- 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 Nisqually Indian Community
- 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 Thurston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Thurston County
- Since Nisqually Indian Community is near Pierce County and also Mason County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mason 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 Nisqually Indian Community
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nisqually Indian Community ...
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.
- Bush
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bush is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Fir Tree
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fir Tree is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir Tree
- Five Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Five Corners is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Four Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Four Corners is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Hillside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Kellys Korner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lacey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mock City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mock City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock City
- Mushroom Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mushroom Corner is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mushroom Corner
- Plumb
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plumb is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumb
- Union Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Mill is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mill
How Far From Nisqually Indian Community 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 Nisqually Indian Community to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nisqually Indian Community and extending to:
- Olympia, which is the Seat of Thurston County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Nisqually Indian Community to Olympia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 10 miles [16.1 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,339 miles [3,764.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,817 miles [10,970.9 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 7,579 miles [12,197.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,703 miles [9,178.1 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nisqually Indian Community) 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 Nisqually Indian Community 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 Nisqually Indian Community. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0116, Longitude: -122.6915 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.143 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.712 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.038 degrees. |
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