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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 Seltice, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seltice 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 Seltice:
- 47.155569, -117.087206
- 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 Seltice
- 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 Whitman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitman County
- Since Seltice is near Benewah County and also Spokane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benewah County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spokane 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 Seltice
Curious and Interesting Names Near Seltice ...
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.
- Crabtree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crabtree is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
- Eden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jamestown ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jamestown is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Lone Pine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Home ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Home is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Spring Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stringtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Stringtown is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Yellow Dog ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Yellow Dog is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Dog
How Far From Seltice 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 Seltice to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Seltice and extending to:
- Colfax, which is the Seat of Whitman County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Seltice to Colfax, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 273 miles [439.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,075 miles [3,339.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 118 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,713 miles [10,803.5 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 7,480 miles [12,037.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,548 miles [8,928.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Seltice) 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 Seltice 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 Seltice. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1556, Longitude: -117.0872 In this case, the coordinates for Seltice have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.545 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.384 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.395 degrees. |
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