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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 Soap Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Soap Lake 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 Soap Lake:
- 47.387243, -119.490507
- 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 Soap Lake
- 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 Grant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Since Soap Lake is near Douglas County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Soap Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near Soap Lake ...
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.
- Bacon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bacon is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
- Dry Falls Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dry Falls Junction is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Falls Junction
- Farmer ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Farmer is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
- Fordair
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fordair is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordair
- Lakeview
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lakeview Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lakeview Park is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Park
- Mae
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mitchell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Moses Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Soap Lake to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Soap Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Soap Lake and extending to:
- Ephrata, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Soap Lake to Olympia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,188 miles [3,521.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 86 days and walking would take 125 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,741 miles [10,848.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,506 miles [12,079.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,600 miles [9,012.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Soap Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Soap Lake 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 Soap Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.3872, Longitude: -119.4905 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.519 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.687 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.92 degrees. |
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