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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 Copper Cove Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Copper Cove Village 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 Copper Cove Village:
- 37.959647, -120.635482
- 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 Copper Cove Village
- 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 Calaveras County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calaveras County
- Since Copper Cove Village is near Tuolumne County and also Stanislaus County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuolumne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stanislaus 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 Copper Cove Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Copper Cove Village ...
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.
- Angels Camp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Angels City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Angels City is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels City
- Black Jack Bluffs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Black Jack Bluffs is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack Bluffs
- Felix
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Felix is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felix
- Heavenly Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Heavenly Hills is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heavenly Hills
- Knights Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lost City ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lost City is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Montezuma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Montezuma is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Rawhide
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rawhide is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
- Telegraph City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Telegraph City is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telegraph City
- Yosemite Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yosemite Junction is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Junction
How Far From Copper Cove Village to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Copper Cove Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Copper Cove Village and extending to:
- San Andreas, which is the Seat of Calaveras County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Copper Cove Village to San Andreas, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 62 miles [99.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,336 miles [3,759.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,369 miles [11,859.3 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 8,137 miles [13,095.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,175 miles [9,937.7 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Copper Cove Village) 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 Copper Cove Village 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 Copper Cove Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9596, Longitude: -120.6355 In this case, the coordinates for Copper Cove Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.724 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.385 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.073 degrees. |
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