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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 Barsug, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barsug 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 Barsug:
- 34.957478, -120.572947
- 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 Barsug
- 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 Barbara County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Barbara County
- Since Barsug is near San Luis Obispo County and also San Mateo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Luis Obispo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Mateo 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 Barsug
Curious and Interesting Names Near Barsug ...
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.
- Bragur
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bragur is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragur
- Fairoaks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fairoaks is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairoaks
- Grover Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Guadalupe
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gum is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum
- Halcyon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Halcyon is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon
- Oaks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oaks is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Rosemary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rosemary is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
How Far From Barsug 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 Barsug to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Barsug and extending to:
- Santa Barbara, which is the Seat of Santa Barbara County, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Barsug to Santa Barbara, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 255 miles [410.4 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,395 miles [3,854.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,560 miles [12,166.6 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 8,329 miles [13,404.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,347 miles [10,214.5 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 from Point A (ie- Barsug) 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 Barsug 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 Barsug. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9575, Longitude: -120.5729 In this case, the coordinates for Barsug have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.312 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.72 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.016 degrees. |
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