As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Canada Del Rincon En El Rio San Lorenzo De Santa Cruz, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Canada Del Rincon En El Rio San Lorenzo De Santa Cruz and the surrounding area.
Weather ...
Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
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 Del Rincon En El Rio San Lorenzo De Santa Cruz:
37.026338, -122.062186
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 Del Rincon En El Rio San Lorenzo De Santa Cruz
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 Santa Cruz County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
Since Canada Del Rincon En El Rio San Lorenzo De Santa Cruz is near Santa Clara County and also San Mateo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
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 Del Rincon En El Rio San Lorenzo De Santa Cruz
Curious and Interesting Names Near Canada Del Rincon En El Rio San Lorenzo De Santa Cruz ...
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.
How Far From Canada Del Rincon En El Rio San Lorenzo De Santa Cruz 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 Canada Del Rincon En El Rio San Lorenzo De Santa Cruz 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 Del Rincon En El Rio San Lorenzo De Santa Cruz and extending to:
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Canada Del Rincon En El Rio San Lorenzo De Santa Cruz to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,429 miles [3,909.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 138 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,457 miles [12,000.9 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 8,224 miles [13,235.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,271 miles [10,092.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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<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- Canada Del Rincon En El Rio San Lorenzo De Santa Cruz) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Del Rincon En El Rio San Lorenzo De Santa Cruz 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 Del Rincon En El Rio San Lorenzo De Santa Cruz. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0263, Longitude: -122.0622 In this case, the coordinates for Canada Del Rincon En El Rio San Lorenzo De Santa Cruz have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.82 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.657 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.942 degrees.