Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Calico, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Calico and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Calico
- 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 Calico:
- 34.948872, -116.865036
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Calico
- 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 Bernardino County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for San Bernardino 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Calico ...
We found five communities that share the name Calico.
There is one other community in California which is also named Calico.
Beyond California, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Calico ...
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.
- Echo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Gale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Goldstone ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Grandview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Harvard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Hector
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast) - Hodge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest) - Mace ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Minneola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Poe ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Wild Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wild Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Crossing
- Wild Crossing is located in San Bernardino County
How Far From Calico 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 Calico 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<3> community of Calico once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Calico and extending to:
- San Bernardino, which is the Seat of San Bernardino County, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Calico to San Bernardino, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 357 miles [574.5 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,197 miles [3,535.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 86 days and walking would take 125 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,478 miles [12,034.7 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 8,247 miles [13,272.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for San Bernardino County: www.sbcounty.gov/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Calico) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Calico. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9489, Longitude: -116.8650 In this case, the coordinates for Calico have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Calico, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Calico to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.229 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.978 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.844 degrees. |