Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Trafton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trafton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Trafton
- 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 Trafton:
- 48.237047, -122.058474
- 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 Trafton
- 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 Snohomish County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Snohomish County
- Since Trafton is near Skagit County and also Island County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Skagit County
- eBird sighting report for Island 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 Trafton ...
We found one communities that share the name Trafton.
Within Washington, the name Trafton is unique.
Beyond Washington, there is another community also named Trafton in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Trafton ...
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.
- English
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Florence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Granite Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Falls
- Granite Falls is located in Snohomish County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,585 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granite Falls <3>
- Hazel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - John Sam Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for John Sam Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Sam Lake
- John Sam Lake is located in Snohomish County
- Jordan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Marysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Marysville is located in Snohomish County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71,392 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marysville <3>
- Norman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Smokey Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Point
- Smokey Point is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smokey Point <3>
- Totem Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Totem Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totem Park
- Totem Park is located in Snohomish County
How Far From Trafton 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 Trafton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Trafton and extending to:
- Everett, which is the Seat of Snohomish County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<4> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Trafton to Everett, with an average speed<5> 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 91 miles [146.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,306 miles [3,711.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 131 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,728 miles [10,827.7 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 7,490 miles [12,054 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,616 miles [9,038.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Trafton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Snohomish County: www.co.snohomish.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 Trafton 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> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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- Trafton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Trafton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.2370, Longitude: -122.0585 In this case, the coordinates for Trafton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Trafton 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 340.675 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.231 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.529 degrees. |