Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Thrift, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Thrift and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Thrift
- 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 Thrift:
- 47.052602, -122.252338
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Thrift
- 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 Pierce County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pierce County
- Since Thrift is near King County and also Thurston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for King County
- eBird sighting report for Thurston 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Thrift ...
We found five communities that share the name Thrift.
Within Washington, the name Thrift is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Emanuel County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Thrift [Emanuel County].
- Jenkins County
- This Thrift is located in Jenkins County and lies 2,316 miles [3,727.2 km]<2> to the east of the Thrift that is located in Pierce County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jenkins County community of Thrift.
- Maryland
- North Carolina
- Texas
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Thrift ...
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.
- Clay City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Croker
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Electron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Elk Plain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Graham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Graham is located in Pierce County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Graham <4>
- Jims Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jims Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jims Corner
- Jims Corner is located in Pierce County
- Loveland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Ohop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Prairie Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Ridge
- Prairie Ridge is located in Pierce County
- Rocky Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Rocky Ridge is located in Pierce County
- Surprise Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Surprise Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise Valley
- Surprise Valley is located in Pierce County
- Tanwax
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
How Far From Thrift 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 Thrift to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Thrift and extending to:
- Tacoma, which is the Seat of Pierce County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Thrift to Tacoma, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 30 miles [48.3 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,318 miles [3,730.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,808 miles [10,956.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,570 miles [12,182.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,690 miles [9,157.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Thrift. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Pierce County: www.co.pierce.wa.us/
The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Thrift could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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- Thrift) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Thrift. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0526, Longitude: -122.2523 In this case, the coordinates for Thrift have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Thrift to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.78 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.293 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.747 degrees. |