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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 Butano, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Butano 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 Butano:
- 37.233278, -122.370529
- 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 Butano
- 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 Butano is near Santa Cruz County and also Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara 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 Butano
Curious and Interesting Names Near Butano ...
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.
- Boulder Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Park is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Forest Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Springs is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Springs
- Grabtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Grabtown is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grabtown
- Martins Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Martins Beach is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Beach
- Riverside Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Riverside Grove is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Grove
- Vista Verde
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vista Verde is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Verde
- Wildwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Woodside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woodside Glens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodside Glens is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Glens
- Woodside Highlands
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woodside Highlands is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Highlands
How Far From Butano 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 Butano to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Butano and extending to:
- Redwood City, which is the Seat of San Mateo County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Butano to Redwood City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 104 miles [167.4 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 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,441 miles [3,928.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 139 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,449 miles [11,988 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 8,216 miles [13,222.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,268 miles [10,087.4 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Butano) 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 Butano 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 Butano. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2333, Longitude: -122.3705 In this case, the coordinates for Butano have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.104 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.01 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.133 degrees. |
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