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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 West Clarkston - Highland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Clarkston - Highland and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for West Clarkston - Highland
- 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 West Clarkston - Highland:
- 46.410861, -117.069163
- 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 West Clarkston - Highland
- 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 Asotin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Asotin County
- Since West Clarkston - Highland is near Nez Perce County and also Whitman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nez Perce County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Whitman 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 West Clarkston - Highland
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Clarkston - Highland ...
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.
- Forebay
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forebay is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forebay
- Gurney
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gurney is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
- Highland
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Highland is located in Asotin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Jerry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jerry is located in Asotin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry
- Leon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Moses
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Moses is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moses
- Transfer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Transfer is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transfer
- Uniontown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Vineland
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Vineland is located in Asotin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
How Far From West Clarkston - Highland 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 West Clarkston - Highland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in West Clarkston - Highland and extending to:
- Asotin, which is the Seat of Asotin County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 279 miles [449 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from West Clarkston - Highland to Olympia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,074 miles [3,337.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 118 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,760 miles [10,879.2 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 7,527 miles [12,113.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,590 miles [8,996.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 '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- West Clarkston - Highland) 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 West Clarkston - Highland 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 West Clarkston - Highland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4109, Longitude: -117.0692 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.491 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.27 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.455 degrees. |
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