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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 White Salmon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Salmon 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 White Salmon:
- 45.729794, -121.484032
- 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 White Salmon
- 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 Klickitat County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Klickitat County
- Since White Salmon is near Hood River County and also Skamania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hood River County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Skamania 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 White Salmon
Curious and Interesting Names Near White Salmon ...
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.
- B Z Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cook is located in Skamania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Hood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hood River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Laws Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Laws Corner is located in Klickitat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Corner
- Lyle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mountain Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Brook is located in Klickitat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Brook
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Hood River County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Straight Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Straight Point is located in Klickitat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Point
- Windmaster Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Windmaster Corner is located in Hood River County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmaster Corner
How Far From White Salmon 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 city such as White Salmon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in White Salmon and extending to:
- Goldendale, which is the Seat of Klickitat County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from White Salmon to Goldendale, 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 112 miles [180.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,287 miles [3,680.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 130 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,882 miles [11,075.5 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 7,646 miles [12,305 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,747 miles [9,248.9 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- White Salmon) 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 White Salmon 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 White Salmon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7298, Longitude: -121.4840 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.073 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.40 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.336 degrees. |
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