Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Coso, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coso and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Coso
- 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 Coso:
- 35.978279, -117.929520
- 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 Coso
- 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 Inyo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Inyo County
- Since Coso is near Kern County and also San Bernardino County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Kern County
- 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coso ...
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.
- Bradys
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - Brown ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Dunmovin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmovin
- Dunmovin is located in Inyo County
- Dunmovin has also been known as:
- Dun Movin
- Dun Moving
- Dunmoving
- Grant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Grant is located in Inyo County
- Haiwee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Indian Wells
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Wells
- Indian Wells is located in Kern County
- Junction Ranch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Ranch
- Junction Ranch is located in Inyo County
- Little Lake ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Lake
- Little Lake is located in Inyo County
- Former name for Little Lake:
- Little Owens Lake
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Lake <3>
- Onyx
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onyx
- Onyx is located in Kern County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Onyx <3>
How Far From Coso 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 Coso 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<4> community of Coso once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Coso and extending to:
- Independence, which is the Seat of Inyo County, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<5> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Coso to Independence, with an average speed<6> 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 over two days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 265 miles [426.5 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,232 miles [3,592.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 127 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,438 miles [11,970.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,207 miles [13,207.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,206 miles [9,987.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Inyo County: www.inyocounty.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Coso, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 from Point A (ie- Coso) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Coso. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9783, Longitude: -117.9295 In this case, the coordinates for Coso have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Coso to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.242 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.273 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.462 degrees. |