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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 Tono, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tono 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 Tono:
- 46.775935, -122.824016
- 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 Tono
- 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 Thurston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Thurston County
- Since Tono is near Lewis County and also Grays Harbor County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grays Harbor 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 Tono
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tono ...
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.
- Bordeaux ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bordeaux is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordeaux
- Bush
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bush is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Chain Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chain Hill is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain Hill
- Fir Tree
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fir Tree is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir Tree
- Grand Mound
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kellys Korner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kellys Korner is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellys Korner
- Littlerock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maytown is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
- Michigan Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Michigan Hill is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Hill
- Plumb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Plumb is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumb
- Vail
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vail is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
How Far From Tono to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Tono to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Tono once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Tono and extending to:
- Olympia, which is the Seat of Thurston County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Tono to Olympia, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 18 miles [29 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,346 miles [3,775.5 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 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,835 miles [10,999.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,597 miles [12,226.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,720 miles [9,205.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tono, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Tono) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Tono 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 Tono. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7759, Longitude: -122.8240 In this case, the coordinates for Tono have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.241 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.815 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.14 degrees. |
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