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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 Burlingame, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burlingame 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 Burlingame:
- 37.57846, -122.348907
- 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 Burlingame
- 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 Mateo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Mateo County
- Since Burlingame is near San Francisco County and also Alameda County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Francisco County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alameda 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 Burlingame
Communities Also Named Burlingame ...
We found six communities that are also named Burlingame.
Within California, the name Burlingame is unique.
Beyond California, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Cass County
- This Burlingame is located in Cass County and lies 1,731 miles [2,785.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Burlingame that is located in San Mateo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Burlingame.
- Kansas
- Osage County
- This Burlingame is located in Osage County and lies 1,436 miles [2,311 km]<1> to the east of the Burlingame that is located in San Mateo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Osage County community of Burlingame.
- Michigan
- Kent County
- This Burlingame is located in Kent County and lies 1,950 miles [3,138.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Burlingame that is located in San Mateo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Burlingame.
- Oregon
- Multnomah County
- This Burlingame is located in Multnomah County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the north of the Burlingame that is located in San Mateo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Multnomah County community of Burlingame.
- Pennsylvania
- Lycoming County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Burlingame [Lycoming County].
- Texas
- Smith County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Burlingame [Smith County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burlingame ...
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.
- Brisbane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Emerald Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Emerald Lake is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Lake
- Emerald Lake Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Emerald Lake Hills is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Lake Hills
- Farm Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Farm Hills is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Hills
- Grabtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grabtown is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grabtown
- Half Moon Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oceanview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oceanview is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanview
- Rockaway Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rockaway Beach is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway Beach
- Seal Cove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Seal Cove is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seal Cove
- Sharp Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp Park is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Park
- Shelter Cove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Shelter Cove is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelter Cove
- Woodside Glens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodside Glens is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Glens
How Far From Burlingame 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 city such as Burlingame to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Burlingame and extending to:
- Redwood City, which is the Seat of San Mateo County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Burlingame to Redwood City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 83 miles [133.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,433 miles [3,915.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 139 days.
- The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,193 miles [13,185.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,247 miles [10,053.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Burlingame) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Burlingame 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Burlingame 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 Burlingame. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5785, Longitude: -122.3489 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.123 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.05 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.122 degrees. |
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