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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 Penawawa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Penawawa 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 Penawawa:
- 46.704879, -117.688812
- 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 Penawawa
- 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 Whitman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitman County
- Since Penawawa is near Garfield County and also Columbia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia 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 Penawawa
Curious and Interesting Names Near Penawawa ...
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.
- Dodge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dodge is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
- Dusty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dusty is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dusty
- Hay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hay is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay
- LaCrosse
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mayview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mayview is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayview
- Ping
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ping is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ping
- Shreck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Shreck is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shreck
- Swift
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Swift is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Wild Goose
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wild Goose is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Goose
How Far From Penawawa 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 Penawawa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Penawawa and extending to:
- Colfax, which is the Seat of Whitman County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Penawawa to Colfax, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 247 miles [397.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,103 miles [3,384.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,753 miles [10,867.9 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 7,519 miles [12,100.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,590 miles [8,996.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Penawawa) 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 Penawawa 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 Penawawa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7049, Longitude: -117.6888 In this case, the coordinates for Penawawa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.011 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.894 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.822 degrees. |
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