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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 North Prosser, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Prosser 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 North Prosser:
- 46.232078, -119.768367
- 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 North Prosser
- 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 Benton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Since North Prosser is near Yakima County and also Klickitat County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yakima County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Klickitat 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 North Prosser
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Prosser ...
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.
- Apricot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Apricot is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apricot
- Badger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Badger is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- Emerald
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Emerald is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Givens Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Givens Corner is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Givens Corner
- Grandview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Horse Heaven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Horse Heaven is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Heaven
- Liberty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Outlook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Outlook is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlook
- Sunnyside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From North Prosser 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 North Prosser to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Prosser and extending to:
- Prosser, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies just to the South.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from North Prosser to Olympia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,203 miles [3,545.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 86 days and walking would take 126 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,820 miles [10,975.7 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 5,673 miles [9,129.8 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' (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- North Prosser) 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 North Prosser 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 North Prosser. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2321, Longitude: -119.7684 In this case, the coordinates for North Prosser have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.686 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.812 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.195 degrees. |
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