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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 Blumenberg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blumenberg 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 Blumenberg:
- 38.048531, -121.706621
- 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 Blumenberg
- 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 Blumenberg is near Contra Costa County and also Solano County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Contra Costa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Solano 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 Blumenberg
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blumenberg ...
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.
- Birds Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chipps
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Chipps is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipps
- Cornwall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cornwall is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Diamond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Diamond is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Discovery Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Empire ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Empire is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Montezuma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Montezuma is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Sand Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sand Hill is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Spoonbill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Spoonbill is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spoonbill
- Terminous
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Terminous is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terminous
How Far From Blumenberg 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 Blumenberg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Blumenberg once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Blumenberg and extending to:
- Sacramento, which is the Seat of Sacramento County, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<3> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Blumenberg to Sacramento, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 38 miles [61.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,390 miles [3,846.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,384 miles [11,883.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,151 miles [13,117.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,201 miles [9,979.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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> | 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 Blumenberg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blumenberg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Blumenberg 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 Blumenberg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0485, Longitude: -121.7066 In this case, the coordinates for Blumenberg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.632 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.481 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.727 degrees. |
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