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 Timberlane:
47.365101, -122.081784
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 Timberlane
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 ten communities that are also named Timberlane.
Within Washington, the name Timberlane is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Montgomery County
This Timberlane is located in Montgomery County and lies 2,144 miles [3,450.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Timberlane that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Timberlane.
Tuscaloosa County
This Timberlane is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 2,045 miles [3,291.1 km] to the east southeast of the Timberlane that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Timberlane.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Timberlane is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,498 miles [4,020.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Timberlane that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Timberlane.
Illinois
Boone County
This Timberlane is located in Boone County and lies 1,649 miles [2,653.8 km]<1> to the east of the Timberlane that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Timberlane.
Louisiana
Caddo Parish
This Timberlane is located in Caddo Parish and lies 1,797 miles [2,892 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Timberlane that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Timberlane.
East Baton Rouge Parish
This Timberlane is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 2,007 miles [3,230 km] to the east southeast of the Timberlane that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Timberlane.
Jefferson Parish
This Timberlane is located in Jefferson Parish and lies 2,085 miles [3,355.5 km] to the east southeast of the Timberlane that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Parish community of Timberlane.
Mississippi
Warren County
This Timberlane is located in Warren County and lies 1,939 miles [3,120.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Timberlane that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Timberlane.
Oklahoma
Pawnee County
This Timberlane is located in Pawnee County and lies 1,525 miles [2,454.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Timberlane that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pawnee County community of Timberlane.
South Carolina
Pickens County
This Timberlane is located in Pickens County and lies 2,202 miles [3,543.8 km]<1> to the east of the Timberlane that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Timberlane.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Timberlane ...
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 Timberlane to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Timberlane and extending to:
Seattle, which is the Seat of King County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Timberlane to Seattle, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 44 miles [70.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,309 miles [3,716 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,785 miles [10,919.4 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 7,547 miles [12,145.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,667 miles [9,120.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Timberlane) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Timberlane 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 Timberlane. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.3651, Longitude: -122.0818 In this case, the coordinates for Timberlane have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.654 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.162 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.612 degrees.