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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 Cienega De Los Paicines, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cienega De Los Paicines and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cienega De Los Paicines
- 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 Cienega De Los Paicines:
- 36.715793, -121.297709
- 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 Cienega De Los Paicines
- 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 Benito County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Benito County
- Since Cienega De Los Paicines is near Monterey County and also Santa Clara County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monterey 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 Cienega De Los Paicines
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cienega De Los Paicines ...
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.
- Corporal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Corporal is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corporal
- Cottage Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage Corners is located in San Benito County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Corners
- Dean
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dean is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Morse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Morse is located in San Benito County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Natividad
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Natividad is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natividad
- Pinnacles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pinnacles is located in San Benito County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacles
- Prunedale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Spreckels
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Spreckels Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Spreckels Junction is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spreckels Junction
- Vineyard ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Vineyard is located in San Benito County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
How Far From Cienega De Los Paicines 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 Cienega De Los Paicines to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cienega De Los Paicines and extending to:
- Hollister, which is the Seat of San Benito County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cienega De Los Paicines to Hollister, with an average speed<3> 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 129 miles [207.6 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,395 miles [3,854.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,462 miles [12,008.9 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 8,230 miles [13,244.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,267 miles [10,085.8 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' (or 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- Cienega De Los Paicines) 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 Cienega De Los Paicines 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 Cienega De Los Paicines. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7158, Longitude: -121.2977 In this case, the coordinates for Cienega De Los Paicines have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.139 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.819 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.474 degrees. |
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