Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Angiola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Angiola and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Angiola

• 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 Angiola:
  • 35.989119, -119.475954
  • 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 Angiola

• 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 Tulare County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tulare County
  • Since Angiola is near Kings County and also Kern County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kings County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kern 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 Angiola

Curious and Interesting Names Near Angiola ...

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.

• Bean ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bean is located in Kings County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean
• Cotton Center
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Cotton Center is located in Tulare County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Center
• Elba
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Elba is located in Tulare County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
• Guernsey
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Guernsey is located in Kings County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
• Harmony
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Harmony is located in Tulare County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
• Helm Corner
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Helm Corner is located in Kings County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helm Corner
• Pixley
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Pixley is located in Tulare County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pixley <1>
• Pleasant Grove ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Grove is located in Tulare County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
• Pond
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Pond is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
• Poplar
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Poplar is located in Tulare County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
  • Poplar has also been known as:
  • Poplar - Cotton Center
• Quail
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Quail is located in Tulare County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail
• Spa ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Spa is located in Tulare County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spa

How Far From Angiola 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 community such as Angiola to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Angiola and extending to:

• Visalia, which is the Seat of Tulare County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Angiola to Visalia, 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 most of a day.
• Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 210 miles [338 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,314 miles [3,724 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,471 miles [12,023.4 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 8,240 miles [13,261 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,253 miles [10,063.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'