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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 Bluewater, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bluewater 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 Bluewater:
- 34.174460, -114.271340
- 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 Bluewater
- 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 San Bernardino County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Bernardino County
- Since Bluewater is near La Paz County and also Mohave County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for La Paz County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mohave 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 Bluewater
Communities Also Named Bluewater ...
We found six communities that are also named Bluewater.
Within California, the name Bluewater is unique.
Beyond California, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- La Paz County
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Paz County community of Bluewater.
- New Mexico
- Cibola County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Bluewater [Cibola County].
- Lincoln County
- This Bluewater is located in Lincoln County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<2> to the east of the Bluewater that is located in San Bernardino County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Bluewater.
- McKinley County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Bluewater [McKinley County].
- Valencia County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Bluewater [Valencia County].
- Ontario
- This Bluewater lies 1,856 miles [2,986.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Bluewater that is located in San Bernardino County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bluewater ...
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.
- Big River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bluewater
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bluewater is located in La Paz County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewater
- Cross Roads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Roads is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Desert Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Desert Hills is located in Mohave County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Hills
- Parker Strip
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Parker Strip is located in La Paz County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Strip
- Planet ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Planet is located in La Paz County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planet
- Tin Shack ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tin Shack is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Shack
How Far From Bluewater 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 Bluewater to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bluewater and extending to:
- San Bernardino, which is the Seat of San Bernardino County, lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<2> to the west. If you could drive a straight line from Bluewater to San Bernardino, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 503 miles [809.5 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,076 miles [3,341 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 118 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,462 miles [12,008.9 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 8,229 miles [13,243.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,187 miles [9,957 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bluewater, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Bluewater) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Bluewater 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. |
| <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 Bluewater 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 Bluewater. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1745, Longitude: -114.2713 In this case, the coordinates for Bluewater have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.015 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.238 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.375 degrees. |
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