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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 Onion Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Onion Creek 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 Onion Creek:
- 48.783798, -117.811651
- 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 Onion Creek
- 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 Stevens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stevens County
- Since Onion Creek is near Ferry County and also Pend Oreille County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ferry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pend Oreille 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 Onion Creek
Communities Also Named Onion Creek ...
We found three communities that are also named Onion Creek.
Within Washington, the name Onion Creek is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Osage County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Onion Creek [Osage County].
- Texas
- Ellis County
- This Onion Creek is located in Ellis County and lies 1,584 miles [2,549.2 km]<2> to the southeast of the Onion Creek that is located in Stevens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellis County community of Onion Creek.
- Travis County
- This Onion Creek is located in Travis County and lies 1,662 miles [2,674.7 km] to the southeast of the Onion Creek that is located in Stevens County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of Onion Creek.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Onion Creek ...
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.
- Aladdin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Aladdin is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Bear
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bear is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
- Echo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Echo is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Evans
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Goldfield Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Goldfield Mill is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield Mill
- Little Dalles ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Dalles is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Dalles
- Marble
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marble is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
- Spirit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spirit is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spirit
How Far From Onion Creek to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Onion Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Onion Creek and extending to:
- Colville, which is the Seat of Stevens County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Onion Creek to Colville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 264 miles [424.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,113 miles [3,400.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 120 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,623 miles [10,658.7 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 7,388 miles [11,889.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,476 miles [8,812.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Onion Creek could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Onion Creek) 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 Onion Creek 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 Onion Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.7838, Longitude: -117.8117 In this case, the coordinates for Onion Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.209 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.261 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.693 degrees. |
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