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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 Amador City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Amador City 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 Amador City:
- 38.419189, -120.824675
- 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 Amador City
- 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 Amador County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Amador County
- Since Amador City is near Calaveras County and also El Dorado County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calaveras County
- Open the eBird sighting report for El Dorado 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 Amador City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Amador City ...
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.
- Big Bar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chinatown ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chinatown is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinatown
- Drytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Fiddletown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Firebrick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Firebrick is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firebrick
- Forest Home ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Forest Home is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Irishtown ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Irishtown is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irishtown
- May ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- May is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Plymouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sunnybrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnybrook is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
- Whale Boat Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whale Boat Ferry is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whale Boat Ferry
How Far From Amador City 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 Amador City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Amador City and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Amador County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Amador City to Sacramento, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,338 miles [3,762.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,343 miles [11,817.4 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 8,110 miles [13,051.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,154 miles [9,903.9 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Amador City) 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 Amador City 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 Amador City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4192, Longitude: -120.8247 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.931 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.659 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.185 degrees. |
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