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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 Ditch Camp Five, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ditch Camp Five 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 Ditch Camp Five:
- 38.765181, -120.548259
- 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 Ditch Camp Five
- 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 Ditch Camp Five is near Placer County and also Amador County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Placer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Amador 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 Ditch Camp Five
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ditch Camp Five ...
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.
- Cedar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Fresh Pond
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fresh Pond is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond
- Gold Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gold Ridge is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Ridge
- Happy Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Happy Valley is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Pollock Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Short Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Short Place is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Place
- Sly Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sly Park is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sly Park
- Sportsman Hall ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sportsman Hall is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsman Hall
- Spring Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
How Far From Ditch Camp Five 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 Ditch Camp Five to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ditch Camp Five and extending to:
- Placerville, which is the Seat of El Dorado County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Ditch Camp Five to Placerville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 52 miles [83.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,317 miles [3,728.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,315 miles [11,772.4 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 8,083 miles [13,008.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,126 miles [9,858.8 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' (or 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- Ditch Camp Five) 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 Ditch Camp Five 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 Ditch Camp Five. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7652, Longitude: -120.5483 In this case, the coordinates for Ditch Camp Five have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.737 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.444 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.013 degrees. |
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