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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 Cuyamaca, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cuyamaca 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 Cuyamaca:
- 32.984769, -116.570852
- 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 Cuyamaca
- 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 Diego County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Diego 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 Cuyamaca
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cuyamaca ...
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.
- Alpine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blossom Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Blossom Valley is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom Valley
- Boulder Oaks
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Boulder Oaks is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Oaks
- Fernbrook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fernbrook is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbrook
- Four Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Four Corners is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Hellhole Palms
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hellhole Palms is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hellhole Palms
- Julian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Scissors Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scissors Crossing is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scissors Crossing
- Stallion Oaks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stallion Oaks is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallion Oaks
- Stonewall ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stonewall is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Whispering Pines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Whispering Pines is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
How Far From Cuyamaca 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 Cuyamaca 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<2> community of Cuyamaca once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Cuyamaca and extending to:
- San Diego, which is the Seat of San Diego County, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<3> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cuyamaca to San Diego, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 474 miles [762.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,229 miles [3,587.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 87 days and walking would take 127 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,594 miles [12,221.4 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 8,362 miles [13,457.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,331 miles [10,188.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Cuyamaca, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cuyamaca) 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 Cuyamaca 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 Cuyamaca. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9848, Longitude: -116.5709 In this case, the coordinates for Cuyamaca have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.70 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.192 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.657 degrees. |
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