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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 Pasco, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Pasco 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 West Pasco:
- 46.245413, -119.182792
- 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 Pasco
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since West Pasco is near Benton County and also Walla Walla County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walla Walla 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 Pasco
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Pasco ...
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.
- Badger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Badger is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- Hedges
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hedges is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Highland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Humorist
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Humorist is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humorist
- Island View
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Island View is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
- Riverview
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Riverview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Ruby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ruby is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Two Rivers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Two Rivers is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Rivers
- Vista
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vista is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
How Far From West Pasco 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 Pasco to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in West Pasco and extending to:
- Pasco, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies just to the East.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from West Pasco to Olympia, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,175 miles [3,500.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 124 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,809 miles [10,958 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,575 miles [12,190.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,657 miles [9,104.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- West Pasco) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Pasco 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 Pasco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2454, Longitude: -119.1828 In this case, the coordinates for West Pasco have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.206 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.254 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.818 degrees. |
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