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47.484266, -122.294568
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We found 40 communities that share the name Riverton.
Within Washington, the name Riverton is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of another 40 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 40 communities, 37 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Colbert County
This Riverton is located in Colbert County and lies 1,958 miles [3,151.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Riverton.
Arkansas
Riverton #
This community is historichttp://www.waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat=47.484266&lon=-122.294568&t=6 and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Riverton.
California
El Dorado County
This Riverton is located in El Dorado County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<1> to the south of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Riverton.
Connecticut
Litchfield County
This Riverton is located in Litchfield County and lies 2,406 miles [3,872.1 km]<1> to the east of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of Riverton.
Illinois
Sangamon County
This Riverton is located in Sangamon County and lies 1,704 miles [2,742.3 km]<1> to the east of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sangamon County community of Riverton.
Indiana
Sullivan County
This Riverton is located in Sullivan County and lies 1,824 miles [2,935.4 km]<1> to the east of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Riverton.
Iowa
Fremont County
This Riverton is located in Fremont County and lies 1,397 miles [2,248.3 km]<1> to the east of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fremont County community of Riverton.
Kansas
Cherokee County
This Riverton is located in Cherokee County and lies 1,570 miles [2,526.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Riverton.
Reno County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Riverton [Reno County].
Kentucky
Greenup County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Riverton [Greenup County].
Louisiana
Caldwell Parish
This Riverton is located in Caldwell Parish and lies 1,900 miles [3,057.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell Parish community of Riverton.
Maine
Cumberland County
This Riverton is located in Cumberland County and lies 2,477 miles [3,986.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Riverton.
Manitoba
This Riverton lies 1,159 miles [1,865.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Riverton that is located in King County.
Maryland
Dorchester County
This Riverton is located in Dorchester County and lies 2,366 miles [3,807.7 km]<1> to the east of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Riverton.
Wicomico County
This Riverton is located in Wicomico County and lies 2,392 miles [3,849.6 km] to the east of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Riverton.
Michigan
Mason County
This Riverton is located in Mason County and lies 1,735 miles [2,792.2 km]<1> to the east of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Riverton.
Minnesota
Crow Wing County
This Riverton is located in Crow Wing County and lies 1,325 miles [2,132.4 km]<1> to the east of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crow Wing County community of Riverton.
Mississippi
Bolivar County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Riverton [Bolivar County].
Coahoma County
This Riverton is located in Coahoma County and lies 1,875 miles [3,017.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coahoma County community of Riverton.
Missouri
Buchanan County
Although located in Buchanan County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Riverton.
Lafayette County
Although located in Lafayette County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Riverton.
Oregon County
This Riverton is located in Oregon County and lies 1,745 miles [2,808.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oregon County community of Riverton.
Nebraska
Franklin County
This Riverton is located in Franklin County and lies 1,273 miles [2,048.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Riverton.
New Hampshire
Coos County
This Riverton is located in Coos County and lies 2,401 miles [3,864 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Riverton.
New Jersey
Burlington County
This Riverton is located in Burlington County and lies 2,376 miles [3,823.8 km]<1> to the east of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Riverton.
North Carolina
Pitt County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Riverton [Pitt County].
Nova Scotia
This Riverton lies 2,765 miles [4,449.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Riverton that is located in King County.
Ohio
Jackson County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Riverton [Jackson County].
Oregon
Coos County
This Riverton is located in Coos County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Riverton.
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
This Riverton is located in Allegheny County and lies 2,140 miles [3,444 km]<1> to the east of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Riverton.
Cumberland County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Riverton [Cumberland County].
Northampton County
This Riverton is located in Northampton County and lies 2,345 miles [3,773.9 km] to the east of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Riverton.
Prince Edward Island
This Riverton lies 2,743 miles [4,414.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Riverton that is located in King County.
Tennessee
Fentress County
This Riverton is located in Fentress County and lies 2,032 miles [3,270.2 km]<1> to the east of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fentress County community of Riverton.
Texas
Reeves County
This Riverton is located in Reeves County and lies 1,458 miles [2,346.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Reeves County community of Riverton.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Riverton is located in Salt Lake County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Riverton.
Vermont
Washington County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Riverton [Washington County].
Virginia
Warren County
This Riverton is located in Warren County and lies 2,263 miles [3,641.9 km]<1> to the east of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Riverton.
West Virginia
Pendleton County
This Riverton is located in Pendleton County and lies 2,212 miles [3,559.9 km]<1> to the east of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pendleton County community of Riverton.
Wyoming
Fremont County
This Riverton is located in Fremont County and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Riverton that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fremont County community of Riverton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Riverton ...
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.
Cascade (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cascade have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Riverton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Riverton and extending to:
Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Riverton to Olympia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,319 miles [3,732.1 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 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,780 miles [10,911.4 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 7,542 miles [12,137.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,666 miles [9,118.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Riverton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Riverton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.4843, Longitude: -122.2946 In this case, the coordinates for Riverton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Riverton 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.
<3>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Riverton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.836 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.38 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.743 degrees.