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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 Brela, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brela 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 Brela:
- 38.575184, -120.965774
- 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 Brela
- 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 El Dorado County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for El Dorado County
- Since Brela is near Amador County and also Sacramento County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Amador County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sacramento 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 Brela
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brela ...
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.
- Clarksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Crescent Ridge Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Enterprise is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Forest Home ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Forest Home is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Frenchtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchtown is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Kingsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
- Live Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Live Oak is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
- Marble Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marble Mountain is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Mountain
- Michigan Bar ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Michigan Bar is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Bar
- Mormon Tavern ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mormon Tavern is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Tavern
- Shingle Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Skinners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Skinners is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners
- Sprekelsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sprekelsville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprekelsville
How Far From Brela 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 Brela to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brela and extending to:
- Placerville, which is the Seat of El Dorado County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Brela to Placerville, 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 28 miles [45.1 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,342 miles [3,769.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,336 miles [11,806.1 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 8,103 miles [13,040.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,149 miles [9,895.9 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brela) 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 Brela 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 Brela. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5752, Longitude: -120.9658 In this case, the coordinates for Brela have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.066 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.828 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.27 degrees. |
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