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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 Bolsa De San Cayetano, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bolsa De San Cayetano and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Bolsa De San Cayetano
  • 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 Bolsa De San Cayetano:
    • 36.866621, -121.772173
    • 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 Bolsa De San Cayetano
  • 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 Monterey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monterey County
    • Since Bolsa De San Cayetano is near Santa Cruz County and also San Benito County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Cruz County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for San Benito 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 Bolsa De San Cayetano

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bolsa De San Cayetano ...

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.

  • Aromas
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Castroville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Cooper
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Cooper is located in Monterey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
  • Day Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Day Valley is located in Santa Cruz County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Valley
  • Elkhorn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Elkhorn is located in Monterey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
  • Freedom
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Leonard ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Leonard is located in Santa Cruz County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
  • Murphy Crossing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Murphy Crossing is located in Monterey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Crossing
  • Prunedale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Rob Roy Junction
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rob Roy Junction is located in Santa Cruz County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy Junction
  • Seacliff ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Seacliff is located in Santa Cruz County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seacliff

How Far From Bolsa De San Cayetano 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 Bolsa De San Cayetano to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bolsa De San Cayetano and extending to:

  • Salinas, which is the Seat of Monterey County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bolsa De San Cayetano to Salinas, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 119 miles [191.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,417 miles [3,889.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,461 miles [12,007.3 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 8,229 miles [13,243.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,272 miles [10,093.8 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- Bolsa De San Cayetano) 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 Bolsa De San Cayetano 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 Bolsa De San Cayetano. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8666, Longitude: -121.7722       In this case, the coordinates for Bolsa De San Cayetano have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.557 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.331 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.764 degrees.