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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 Ramapo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ramapo 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 Ramapo:
- 48.121477, -123.682973
- 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 Ramapo
- 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
- 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 Ramapo
Communities Also Named Ramapo ...
We found three communities that are also named Ramapo.
Within Washington, the name Ramapo is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Wyandotte 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 Ramapo [Wyandotte County].
- New York
- Rockland County
- This Ramapo is located in Rockland County and lies 2,436 miles [3,920.4 km]<2> to the east of the Ramapo that is located in Clallam County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockland County community of Ramapo.
- Oregon
- Multnomah County
- This Ramapo is located in Multnomah County and lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Ramapo that is located in Clallam County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Multnomah County community of Ramapo.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ramapo ...
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.
- Crescent
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crescent is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Joyce
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Olympic Hot Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Olympic Hot Springs is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympic Hot Springs
- Shadow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shadow is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow
- Snug Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Snug Harbor is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Twin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Twin is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
- Whiskey Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whiskey Bend is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Bend
- Windy Arm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Windy Arm is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Arm
How Far From Ramapo to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ramapo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ramapo and extending to:
- Port Angeles, which is the Seat of Clallam County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Ramapo to Port Angeles, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 83 miles [133.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,381 miles [3,831.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 136 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,759 miles [10,877.6 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 7,519 miles [12,100.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,662 miles [9,112.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<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 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 Ramapo 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 '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- Ramapo) 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 Ramapo 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 Ramapo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.1215, Longitude: -123.6830 In this case, the coordinates for Ramapo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 342.019 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.781 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.614 degrees. |
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