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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 Tillicum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tillicum 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 Tillicum:
- 47.123739, -122.556708
- 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 Tillicum
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce County
- Since Tillicum is near Thurston County and also King County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Thurston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for King 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 Tillicum
Communities Also Named Tillicum ...
We found one communities that are also named Tillicum.
Within Washington, the name Tillicum is unique.
Beyond Washington, there is another community also named Tillicum in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Tillicum lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Tillicum that is located in Pierce County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tillicum ...
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.
- Clover Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Plain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Plain is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Plain
- Fern Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fern Hill is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hill
- Gertrude
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hillside
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hillside is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hope is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Lake City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lake City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Lakeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Loveland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Loveland is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
- Pioneer
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pioneer is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Ponders Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ponders Corner is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponders Corner
- Sunset Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sunset Beach is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
- University Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
How Far From Tillicum 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 Tillicum to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tillicum and extending to:
- Tacoma, which is the Seat of Pierce County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tillicum to Tacoma, with an average speed<3> 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 17 miles [27.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,332 miles [3,753 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 133 days.
- The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
- 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).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,693 miles [9,162 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tillicum) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Tillicum 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 Tillicum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1237, Longitude: -122.5567 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.037 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.594 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.941 degrees. |
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