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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 Dinkey Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dinkey Creek 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 Dinkey Creek:
- 37.086057, -119.157619
- 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 Dinkey Creek
- 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 Fresno County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fresno County
- Since Dinkey Creek is near Nevada County and also Madera County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nevada County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madera 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 Dinkey Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dinkey Creek ...
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.
- Big Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Big Creek is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Former names for Big Creek:
- Big Creek Flats
- Cascada
- Manzanita Park
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Creek <1>
- Cedar Crest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cedar Crest is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Lakeshore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pineridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pineridge is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
- Rock Haven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rock Haven is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Haven
- Sawmill Flat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sawmill Flat is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill Flat
- Shaver Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Snow Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Snow Bend is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Bend
How Far From Dinkey Creek 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 Dinkey Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dinkey Creek and extending to:
- Fresno, which is the Seat of Fresno County, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dinkey Creek to Fresno, with an average speed<3> 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 163 miles [262.3 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,275 miles [3,661.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 130 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,394 miles [11,899.5 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 8,163 miles [13,137.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,181 miles [9,947.4 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dinkey Creek) 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 Dinkey Creek 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 Dinkey Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0861, Longitude: -119.1576 In this case, the coordinates for Dinkey Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.394 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.733 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.186 degrees. |
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