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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 Warden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Warden 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 Warden:
- 46.967365, -119.061676
- 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 Warden
- 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 Grant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Since West Warden is near Adams County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Warden
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Warden ...
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.
- Basin City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bruce
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bruce is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Cactus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cactus is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus
- Curry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Curry is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
- Mae
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mae is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mae
- Mitchell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchell is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Moody
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Moody is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Moses Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Providence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
How Far From West Warden to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 Warden 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 Warden and extending to:
- Ephrata, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from West Warden to Ephrata, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 180 miles [289.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,168 miles [3,489.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,761 miles [10,880.8 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 7,526 miles [12,111.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,612 miles [9,031.6 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 '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- West Warden) 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 Warden 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 Warden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.9674, Longitude: -119.0617 In this case, the coordinates for West Warden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.146 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.229 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.68 degrees. |
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