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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 Desert Knolls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Desert Knolls 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 Desert Knolls:
- 34.524441, -117.265323
- 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 Desert Knolls
- 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 Bernardino County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Bernardino County
- Since Desert Knolls is near Los Angeles County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Los Angeles 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 Desert Knolls
Curious and Interesting Names Near Desert Knolls ...
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.
- Apple Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Eagle Ranch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Eagle Ranch is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ranch
- Frost
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Frost is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Golden Mesa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Golden Mesa is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Mesa
- Leon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leon is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Mountain View
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mountain View is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Sunset Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Hills is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
- Sunset Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Ridge is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ridge
- Thorn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Thorn is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn
How Far From Desert Knolls 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 Desert Knolls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Desert Knolls and extending to:
- San Bernardino, which is the Seat of San Bernardino County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Desert Knolls to San Bernardino, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 364 miles [585.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,514 miles [12,092.6 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 8,283 miles [13,330.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,267 miles [10,085.8 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Desert Knolls) 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 Desert Knolls 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 Desert Knolls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5244, Longitude: -117.2653 In this case, the coordinates for Desert Knolls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.498 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.274 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.072 degrees. |
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