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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 Blossom Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blossom Valley and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Blossom Valley:
    • 37.373611, -122.091389
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Blossom Valley
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Blossom Valley ...

We found two communities that share the name Blossom Valley.

There is one other community in California which is also named Blossom Valley.

Beyond California, there is another community also named Blossom Valley in the United States.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • San Diego County
      • This Blossom Valley is located in San Diego County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Blossom Valley that is located in Santa Clara County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Blossom Valley.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Blossom Valley [Lancaster County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blossom Valley ...

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.

  • Castro City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castro City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castro City
    • Castro City is located in Santa Clara County
  • Crescent Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Park
    • Crescent Park is located in Santa Clara County
  • Evergreen Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Park
    • Evergreen Park is located in Santa Clara County
  • Green Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
    • Green Acres is located in Santa Clara County
  • Greenmeadow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenmeadow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmeadow
    • Greenmeadow is located in Santa Clara County
  • Meadow Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
    • Meadow Park is located in Santa Clara County
  • Mountain View
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Neal
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neal have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
    • Neal is located in Santa Clara County
  • Professorville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Professorville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Professorville
    • Professorville is located in Santa Clara County
  • Vista Verde
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vista Verde have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Verde
    • Vista Verde is located in San Mateo County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blossom Valley and extending to:

  • San Jose, which is the Seat of Santa Clara County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Blossom Valley to San Jose, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 89 miles [143.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,424 miles [3,901 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 138 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,435 miles [11,965.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,202 miles [13,199.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,252 miles [10,061.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blossom Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Santa Clara County: www.sccgov.org/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blossom Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blossom Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3736, Longitude: -122.0914       In this case, the coordinates for Blossom Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Blossom Valley could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Blossom Valley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.883 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.75 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.962 degrees.




 

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