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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 Valley View Tracts, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Valley View Tracts 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 Valley View Tracts:
- 46.179278, -122.975669
- 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 Valley View Tracts
- 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 Cowlitz County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cowlitz County
- Since Valley View Tracts is near Columbia County and also Wahkiakum County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wahkiakum 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 Valley View Tracts
Curious and Interesting Names Near Valley View Tracts ...
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.
- Castle Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Creek is located in Cowlitz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
- Evergreen Terrace
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Evergreen Terrace is located in Cowlitz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Terrace
- Longview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Longview Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Longview Heights is located in Cowlitz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Heights
- Longview Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Longview Junction is located in Cowlitz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Junction
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cowlitz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rocky Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rocky Point is located in Cowlitz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Sandy Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Bend is located in Cowlitz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bend
How Far From Valley View Tracts to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Valley View Tracts to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Valley View Tracts and extending to:
- Kelso, which is the Seat of Cowlitz County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 59 miles [95 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Valley View Tracts to Olympia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,356 miles [3,791.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,876 miles [11,065.8 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 7,638 miles [12,292.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,759 miles [9,268.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Valley View Tracts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Valley View Tracts 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 Valley View Tracts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1793, Longitude: -122.9757 In this case, the coordinates for Valley View Tracts have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.336 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.897 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.278 degrees. |
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