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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 Wawawai, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wawawai 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 Wawawai:
- 46.636548, -117.379346
- 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 Wawawai
- 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 Whitman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitman County
- Since Wawawai is near Garfield County and also Nez Perce County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nez Perce 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 Wawawai
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wawawai ...
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.
- Chambers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chambers is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
- Kirby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kirby is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Mayview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mayview is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayview
- Mentor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mentor is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
- Ping
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ping is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ping
- Sunshine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sunshine is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Swift
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Swift is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Union Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Union Center is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Uniontown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Wawawai 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 Wawawai 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 Wawawai once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Wawawai and extending to:
- Colfax, which is the Seat of Whitman County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Wawawai to Colfax, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 262 miles [421.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,088 miles [3,360.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 82 days and walking would take 119 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,751 miles [10,864.7 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 7,518 miles [12,099 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,586 miles [8,989.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 Wawawai, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wawawai) 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 Wawawai 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 Wawawai. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6365, Longitude: -117.3793 In this case, the coordinates for Wawawai have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.756 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.593 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.631 degrees. |
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