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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 Canada De Capay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Canada De Capay 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 Canada De Capay:
- 38.811290, -122.183863
- 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 Canada De Capay
- 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 Yolo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yolo County
- Since Canada De Capay is near Napa County and also Colusa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Napa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colusa 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 Canada De Capay
Curious and Interesting Names Near Canada De Capay ...
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.
- College City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cottonwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Hershey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hershey is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hershey
- Hidden Valley Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hidden Valley Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Valley Lake
- Jacobs Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jacobs Corner is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Corner
- Pope Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Prize ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Prize is located in Colusa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prize
- Redbud Park ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Redbud Park is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud Park
- Spanish Flat
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
How Far From Canada De Capay 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 Canada De Capay to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Canada De Capay and extending to:
- Woodland, which is the Seat of Yolo County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Canada De Capay to Woodland, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 40 miles [64.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,402 miles [3,865.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 137 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,343 miles [11,817.4 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 8,110 miles [13,051.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,170 miles [9,929.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Canada De Capay) 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 Canada De Capay 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 Canada De Capay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8113, Longitude: -122.1839 In this case, the coordinates for Canada De Capay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.112 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.095 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.019 degrees. |
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