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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 Angels City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Angels 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 Angels City:
- 38.073523, -120.54915
- 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 Angels 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 Calaveras County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calaveras County
- Since Angels City is near Tuolumne County and also Stanislaus County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuolumne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stanislaus 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 Angels City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Angels 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.
- Angels Camp
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Big Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Big Valley is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Valley
- Cave City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cave City is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
- Copper Cove Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Copper Cove Village is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Cove Village
- Felix
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Felix is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felix
- Forest Meadows
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Meadows is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Meadows
- Fourth Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fourth Crossing is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourth Crossing
- Heavenly Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Heavenly Hills is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heavenly Hills
- Indian Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Creek is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lost City ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lost City is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Martinez
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Parrotts Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Parrotts Ferry is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrotts Ferry
- Peppermint Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Peppermint Creek is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppermint Creek
- Rawhide
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rawhide is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
- Rocky Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Sheep Ranch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Squabbletown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Squabbletown is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squabbletown
- Yankee Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Yankee Hill is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Hill
How Far From Angels City to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Angels 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 Angels City and extending to:
- San Andreas, which is the Seat of Calaveras County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Angels City to San Andreas, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 61 miles [98.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,329 miles [3,748.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,360 miles [11,844.8 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 8,128 miles [13,080.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,166 miles [9,923.2 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- Angels 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 Angels 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 Angels City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0735, Longitude: -120.5491 In this case, the coordinates for Angels City have been taken from the 2010 Census. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.664 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.319 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.02 degrees. |
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