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 Sunset Village:
47.582322, -122.140122
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 Sunset Village
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 King County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found seven communities that are also named Sunset Village.
Within Washington, the name Sunset Village is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Maricopa County
This Sunset Village is located in Maricopa County and lies 1,094 miles [1,760.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Sunset Village that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Sunset Village.
Georgia
Upson County
This Sunset Village is located in Upson County and lies 2,203 miles [3,545.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sunset Village that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upson County community of Sunset Village.
Indiana
Clark County
This Sunset Village is located in Clark County and lies 1,931 miles [3,107.6 km]<1> to the east of the Sunset Village that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Sunset Village.
Iowa
Crawford County
This Sunset Village is located in Crawford County and lies 1,359 miles [2,187.1 km]<1> to the east of the Sunset Village that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Sunset Village.
Linn County
This Sunset Village is located in Linn County and lies 1,529 miles [2,460.7 km] to the east of the Sunset Village that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Sunset Village.
Virginia
Radford City
This Sunset Village is located in Radford City and lies 2,210 miles [3,556.7 km]<1> to the east of the Sunset Village that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Radford City community of Sunset Village.
Salem City
This Sunset Village is located in Salem City and lies 2,229 miles [3,587.2 km] to the east of the Sunset Village that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem City community of Sunset Village.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunset Village ...
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.
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 Sunset Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sunset Village and extending to:
Seattle, which is the Seat of King County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sunset Village to Seattle, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,311 miles [3,719.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,772 miles [10,898.5 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 7,534 miles [12,124.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,656 miles [9,102.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<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- Sunset Village) 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 Sunset Village 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 Sunset Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.5823, Longitude: -122.1401 In this case, the coordinates for Sunset Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.713 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.242 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.634 degrees.