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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 Rodna, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rodna 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 Rodna:
- 47.295441, -117.799937
- 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 Rodna
- 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 Spokane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spokane County
- Since Rodna is near Lincoln County and also Whitman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitman 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 Rodna
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rodna ...
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.
- Amber
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Amber is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Fishtrap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fishtrap is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishtrap
- Juno
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Juno is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
- Keystone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Keystone is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Mason
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mason is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Mock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mock is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock
- Palm Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Palm Lake is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Lake
- Pine City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pine City is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
How Far From Rodna 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 Rodna to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Rodna and extending to:
- Spokane, which is the Seat of Spokane County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rodna to Spokane, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 240 miles [386.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,109 miles [3,394.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 120 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,717 miles [10,810 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,484 miles [12,044.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,560 miles [8,948 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rodna) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Rodna 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 Rodna. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.2954, Longitude: -117.7999 In this case, the coordinates for Rodna have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.132 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.074 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.838 degrees. |
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