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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 Hadlock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Port Hadlock 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 Hadlock:
- 48.031766, -122.758239
- 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 Hadlock
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Port Hadlock is near Island County and also Kitsap County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Island County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kitsap 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 Hadlock
Curious and Interesting Names Near Port Hadlock ...
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.
- Beaver Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Discovery Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Discovery Bay is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Discovery Bay
- Discovery Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Discovery Junction is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Discovery Junction
- Four Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Four Corners is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Glen Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Cove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
- Irondale ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Marrowstone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mats Mats
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mats Mats is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mats Mats
- Port Discovery ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Port Discovery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Discovery
- Woodmans
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Woodmans is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodmans
How Far From Port Hadlock 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 Port Hadlock 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 Hadlock and extending to:
- Port Townsend, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the North.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Port Hadlock to Olympia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- 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 6,752 miles [10,866.3 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 7,513 miles [12,091 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,645 miles [9,084.7 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 from Point A (ie- Port Hadlock) 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 Hadlock 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 Hadlock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.0318, Longitude: -122.7582 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.246 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.882 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.007 degrees. |
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