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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 Agua Puerca y las Trances, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Agua Puerca y las Trances and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Agua Puerca y las Trances
- 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 Agua Puerca y las Trances:
- 37.062449, -122.236914
- 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 Puerca y las Trances
- 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 Santa Cruz County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Cruz County
- Since Agua Puerca y las Trances is near San Mateo County and also Santa Clara County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Mateo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Clara 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 Agua Puerca y las Trances
Curious and Interesting Names Near Agua Puerca y las Trances ...
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.
- Bonny Doon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Boulder Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Park is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Forest Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Springs is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Springs
- Majors
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Majors is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majors
- Petroleum ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Petroleum is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Riverside Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Grove is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Grove
- Wildwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Agua Puerca y las Trances 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 Agua Puerca y las Trances to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Agua Puerca y las Trances and extending to:
- Santa Cruz, which is the Seat of Santa Cruz County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Agua Puerca y las Trances to Santa Cruz, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 112 miles [180.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 2,438 miles [3,923.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 139 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,458 miles [12,002.5 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 8,225 miles [13,236.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,274 miles [10,097 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Agua Puerca y las Trances) 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 Agua Puerca y las Trances 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 Puerca y las Trances. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0624, Longitude: -122.2369 In this case, the coordinates for Agua Puerca y las Trances have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.972 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.842 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.05 degrees. |
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