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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 Ben Ali, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ben Ali 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 Ben Ali:
- 38.616569, -121.425412
- 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 Ben Ali
- 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 Sacramento County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sacramento County
- Since Ben Ali is near Yolo County and also Sutter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yolo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sutter 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 Ben Ali
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ben Ali ...
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.
- Antelope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arcade ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Arcade is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Bombay
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bombay is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bombay
- Citrus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Citrus is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus
- Fair Oaks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fairoaks Bridge ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fairoaks Bridge is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairoaks Bridge
- Gardenland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gardenland is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenland
- Gold River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kobe ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kobe is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kobe
- Marty ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Marty is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marty
- Mayhew
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Polk
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Polk is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Pollock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pollock is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
How Far From Ben Ali 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 Ben Ali to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ben Ali and extending to:
- Sacramento, which is the Seat of Sacramento County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies just to the southwest (SW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,365 miles [3,806.1 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Ben Ali to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 5 days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 135 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 93 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,342 miles [11,815.8 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 8,109 miles [13,050.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,160 miles [9,913.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ben Ali) 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 Ben Ali 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 Ben Ali. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6166, Longitude: -121.4254 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.455 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.297 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.552 degrees. |
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