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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 Fernside, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fernside 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 Fernside:
- 37.765206, -122.228857
- 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 Fernside
- 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 Alameda County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alameda County
- Since Fernside is near Contra Costa County and also San Francisco County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Contra Costa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Francisco 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 Fernside
Communities Also Named Fernside ...
We found one communities that are also named Fernside.
Within California, the name Fernside is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Fernside in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- New Hanover 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 North Carolina community of Fernside [New Hanover County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fernside ...
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.
- Canyon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chinatown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chinatown is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinatown
- Fruitvale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fruitvale is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Former names for Fruitvale:
- Brays
- Fruit Vale
- Grand Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grand Lake is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
- Havenscourt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Havenscourt is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havenscourt
- Maxwell Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maxwell Park is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Park
- Rockridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rockridge is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockridge
- Seminary Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Seminary Park is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminary Park
- Trestle Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Trestle Glen is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trestle Glen
How Far From Fernside 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 Fernside to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Fernside and extending to:
- Oakland, which is the Seat of Alameda County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 69 miles [111 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Fernside to Sacramento, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,423 miles [3,899.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 138 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,412 miles [11,928.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,179 miles [13,162.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,233 miles [10,031 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Fernside 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Fernside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Fernside 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 Fernside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7652, Longitude: -122.2289 In this case, the coordinates for Fernside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.042 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.961 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.048 degrees. |
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