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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 Dickenson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dickenson 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 Dickenson:
- 37.198555, -120.208231
- 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 Dickenson
- 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 Merced County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Merced County
- Since Dickenson is near Madera County and also Mariposa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madera County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mariposa 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 Dickenson
Communities Also Named Dickenson ...
We found one communities that are also named Dickenson.
Within California, the name Dickenson is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Dickenson in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Clarke 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 Alabama community of Dickenson [Clarke County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dickenson ...
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.
- Ash ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ash is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Ben Hur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ben Hur is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
- Bonita
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bonita is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
- Chowchilla
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dairyland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dairyland is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyland
- Indian Gulch ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Indian Gulch is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Gulch
- Lincoln ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Plains ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Plains is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
- Plainsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Plainsburg is located in Merced County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsburg
- Raymond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Raymond is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
How Far From Dickenson to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dickenson 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<3> community of Dickenson once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Dickenson and extending to:
- Merced, which is the Seat of Merced County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dickenson to Merced, with an average speed<5> 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 five to six hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 118 miles [189.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,328 miles [3,746.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,409 miles [11,923.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,177 miles [13,159.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- 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).<9>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Dickenson 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> | 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 Dickenson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dickenson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Dickenson 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 Dickenson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1986, Longitude: -120.2082 In this case, the coordinates for Dickenson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.282 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.81 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.816 degrees. |
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