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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 Country Villa Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Country Villa Estates 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 Country Villa Estates:
- 38.691111, -122.022778
- 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 Country Villa Estates
- 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 Country Villa Estates is near Napa County and also Solano 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 Solano 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 Country Villa Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Country Villa Estates ...
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.
- Cottonwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hebron is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Hershey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hershey is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hershey
- Jacobs Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jacobs Corner is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Corner
- King Farms
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- King Farms is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Farms
- Knights Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Redbud Park ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Redbud Park is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud Park
- Spanish Flat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sugarfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sugarfield is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarfield
How Far From Country Villa Estates 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 Country Villa Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Country Villa Estates and extending to:
- Woodland, which is the Seat of Yolo County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Country Villa Estates to Woodland, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 29 miles [46.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,395 miles [3,854.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 7,348 miles [11,825.5 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 8,115 miles [13,059.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,173 miles [9,934.5 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- Country Villa Estates) 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 Country Villa Estates 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 Country Villa Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6911, Longitude: -122.0228 In this case, the coordinates for Country Villa Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.964 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.912 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.92 degrees. |
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