Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Bronge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bronge and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Bronge

• 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 Bronge:
  • 36.764672, -119.682640
  • 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 Bronge

• 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 Fresno County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fresno County
  • Since Bronge is near Madera County and also Tulare County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Madera County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tulare 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 Bronge

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bronge ...

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.

• Butler ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Butler is located in Fresno County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
• Cecile
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cecile is located in Fresno County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecile
• Fort Camp ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Fort Camp is located in Fresno County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Camp
• Goldleaf
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Goldleaf is located in Fresno County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldleaf
• Lone Star
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Lone Star is located in Fresno County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
• Melvin
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Melvin is located in Fresno County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
• Sunnyside
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Sunnyside is located in Fresno County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
• Wolf
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Wolf is located in Fresno County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf

How Far From Bronge to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bronge 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<1> community of Bronge once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bronge and extending to:

• Fresno, which is the Seat of Fresno County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Bronge to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,309 miles [3,716 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,426 miles [11,951 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 8,195 miles [13,188.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,215 miles [10,002.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'