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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 Crown Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crown 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 Crown Village:
- 38.695181, -121.085223
- 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 Crown 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 El Dorado County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for El Dorado County
- Since Crown Village is near Sacramento County and also Placer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sacramento County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Placer 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 Crown Village
Communities Also Named Crown Village ...
We found one communities that are also named Crown Village.
Within California, the name Crown Village is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Crown Village in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Nassau County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Crown Village [Nassau County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crown 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.
- Clarksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clarksville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Crescent Ridge Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- El Dorado Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Equestrian Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Equestrian Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equestrian Village
- Green Springs Ranch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Green Springs Ranch is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs Ranch
- Green Springs Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Springs Valley is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs Valley
- Marina Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Marina Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marina Village
- Mormon Island ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mormon Island is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Island
- Mormon Tavern ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mormon Tavern is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Tavern
- Oak Tree Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Oak Tree Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Tree Village
- Stonegate Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stonegate Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate Village
- Summit Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Summit Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village
- Winterhaven Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Winterhaven Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterhaven Village
How Far From Crown 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 Crown Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Crown Village and extending to:
- Placerville, which is the Seat of El Dorado County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Crown Village to Placerville, with an average speed<4> 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 four to five hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 22 miles [35.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,346 miles [3,775.5 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 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,330 miles [11,796.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,097 miles [13,030.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,145 miles [9,889.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Crown Village could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Crown Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Crown 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 Crown Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6952, Longitude: -121.0852 In this case, the coordinates for Crown Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.178 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.97 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.342 degrees. |
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