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 Agua Caliente:
37.489382, -121.908847
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 Agua Caliente
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 Alameda County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Agua Caliente.
There is one other community in California that is also named Agua Caliente.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Agua Caliente in the United States.
Communities Located In California ...
Sonoma County
This Agua Caliente is located in Sonoma County and lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Agua Caliente that is located in Alameda County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Agua Caliente.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Maricopa County
This Agua Caliente is located in Maricopa County and lies 574 miles [923.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Agua Caliente that is located in Alameda County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Agua Caliente.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Agua Caliente ...
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.
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 community such as Agua Caliente to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Agua Caliente and extending to:
Oakland, which is the Seat of Alameda County, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Agua Caliente to Oakland, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,412 miles [3,881.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 137 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,424 miles [11,947.8 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 8,191 miles [13,182.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,240 miles [10,042.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Agua Caliente) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Agua Caliente 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 Agua Caliente. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4894, Longitude: -121.9088 In this case, the coordinates for Agua Caliente have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.742 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.586 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.851 degrees.