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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 Port Angeles, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Port Angeles 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 Port Angeles:
- 48.114836, -123.434867
- 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 Port Angeles
- 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 Clallam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clallam County
- Since Port Angeles is near Jefferson County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Port Angeles
Curious and Interesting Names Near Port Angeles ...
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.
- Crane
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crane is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
- Joyce
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- King Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- King Hill is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Hill
- Little Oklahoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Mount Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Snug Harbor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Snug Harbor is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Whiskey Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whiskey Bend is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Bend
- Windy Arm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Windy Arm is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Arm
How Far From Port Angeles 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 city such as Port Angeles to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Port Angeles and extending to:
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Port Angeles to Olympia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,370 miles [3,814.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,756 miles [10,872.7 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 7,516 miles [12,095.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,657 miles [9,104.1 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' (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- Port Angeles) 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 Port Angeles 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 Port Angeles. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.1148, Longitude: -123.4349 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.812 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.541 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.449 degrees. |
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