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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 Telma, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Telma 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 Telma:
- 47.843176, -120.815652
- 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 Telma
- 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 Chelan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chelan County
- Since Telma is near King County and also Snohomish County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for King County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Snohomish 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 Telma
Curious and Interesting Names Near Telma ...
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.
- Chumstick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chumstick is located in Chelan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chumstick
- Galena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Galena is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Granite Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Granite Falls is located in Chelan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Falls
- Greens Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Greens Landing is located in Chelan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Landing
- Grotto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Grotto is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grotto
- Monitor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Plain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnybank
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sunnybank is located in Chelan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybank
- Trinity ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Trinity is located in Chelan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
How Far From Telma to ...
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 Telma to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Telma and extending to:
- Wenatchee, which is the Seat of Chelan County, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Telma to Wenatchee, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two 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.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 112 miles [180.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,249 miles [3,619.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 128 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,734 miles [10,837.3 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 7,497 miles [12,065.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,608 miles [9,025.2 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Telma) 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 Telma 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 Telma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8432, Longitude: -120.8157 In this case, the coordinates for Telma have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.63 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.001 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.744 degrees. |
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