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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 Yakima, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yakima 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 Yakima:
- 46.601934, -120.507578
- 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 Yakima
- 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 Yakima County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yakima County
- Since Yakima is near Kittitas County and also Grant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kittitas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant 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 Yakima
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yakima ...
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.
- Brace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brace is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brace
- Donald
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Donald is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Flint
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Flint is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Fruitvale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fruitvale is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Hillside Siding
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Summitview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Summitview is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitview
- Terrace Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Terrace Heights is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Heights
- Union Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Yakima 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 city such as Yakima to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Yakima and extending to:
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Yakima to Olympia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,237 miles [3,600.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 128 days.
- The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,573 miles [12,187.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,671 miles [9,126.6 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- Yakima) 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 Yakima 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 Yakima. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6019, Longitude: -120.5076 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.315 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.565 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.644 degrees. |
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