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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 Ellwood Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ellwood Estates 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 Ellwood Estates:
- 34.659427, -120.477386
- 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 Ellwood Estates
- 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 Santa Barbara County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Barbara County
- Since Ellwood Estates is near San Luis Obispo County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Luis Obispo 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 Ellwood Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ellwood Estates ...
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.
- Acorn
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Acorn is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Bragur
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bragur is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragur
- Gato
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gato is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gato
- Gum
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gum is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum
- Honda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Honda is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honda
- Jesus Maria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jesus Maria is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesus Maria
- Mission Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mission Hills is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Rosemary
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rosemary is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
- Surf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Surf is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surf
How Far From Ellwood Estates 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 Ellwood Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Ellwood Estates and extending to:
- Santa Barbara, which is the Seat of Santa Barbara County, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ellwood Estates to Santa Barbara, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 276 miles [444.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,397 miles [3,857.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 137 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,578 miles [12,195.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,346 miles [13,431.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,361 miles [10,237 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Ellwood Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Ellwood Estates 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 Ellwood Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6594, Longitude: -120.4774 In this case, the coordinates for Ellwood Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.192 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.558 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.953 degrees. |
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