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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 Prairie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prairie 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 Prairie:
- 48.602610, -122.234602
- 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 Prairie
- 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 Skagit County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Skagit County
- Since Prairie is near Whatcom County and also Snohomish County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whatcom County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Snohomish 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 Prairie
Communities Also Named Prairie ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Prairie.
Within Washington, the name Prairie is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Wilcox County
- This Prairie is located in Wilcox County and lies 2,126 miles [3,421.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Prairie that is located in Skagit County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilcox County community of Prairie.
- Colorado
- Washington County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Washington County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Prairie.
- Florida
- Polk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Prairie [Polk County].
- Idaho
- Elmore County
- This Prairie is located in Elmore County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Prairie that is located in Skagit County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elmore County community of Prairie.
- Illinois
- Randolph County
- This Prairie is located in Randolph County and lies 1,756 miles [2,826 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Prairie that is located in Skagit County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Prairie.
- Indiana
- Posey County
- This Prairie is located in Posey County and lies 1,853 miles [2,982.1 km]<1> to the east of the Prairie that is located in Skagit County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Posey County community of Prairie.
- Maine
- Piscataquis County
- This Prairie is located in Piscataquis County and lies 2,462 miles [3,962.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Prairie that is located in Skagit County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piscataquis County community of Prairie.
- Michigan
- Ionia County
- This Prairie is located in Ionia County and lies 1,813 miles [2,917.7 km]<1> to the east of the Prairie that is located in Skagit County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ionia County community of Prairie.
- Mississippi
- Monroe County
- This Prairie is located in Monroe County and lies 1,998 miles [3,215.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Prairie that is located in Skagit County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Prairie.
- Missouri
- Mississippi County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Prairie [Mississippi County].
- Nebraska
- Polk County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Polk County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Prairie.
- Oklahoma
- Grant County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Prairie [Grant County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prairie ...
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.
- Acme
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Allen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Allen is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Bow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Chuckanut Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chuckanut Junction is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckanut Junction
- Clear Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clear Lake is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Cokedale ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cokedale is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokedale
- Edison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Edison is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Edison Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Edison Station is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison Station
- Equality ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Equality is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equality
- Mirror Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mirror Lake is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirror Lake
- Standard Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Standard Crossing is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard Crossing
- Sudden Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sudden Valley is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudden Valley
- Sunnyside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Sunset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
How Far From Prairie 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 Prairie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Prairie and extending to:
- Mount Vernon, which is the Seat of Skagit County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Prairie to Mount Vernon, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 112 miles [180.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,314 miles [3,724 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,707 miles [10,793.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,468 miles [12,018.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,599 miles [9,010.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Prairie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Prairie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Prairie 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Prairie 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 Prairie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.6026, Longitude: -122.2346 In this case, the coordinates for Prairie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.836 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.437 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.615 degrees. |
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