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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 Fountain Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fountain Place 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 Fountain Place:
- 38.851018, -119.934070
- 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 Fountain Place
- 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 Fountain Place is near Alpine County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alpine County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Fountain Place
Communities Also Named Fountain Place ...
We found two communities that are also named Fountain Place.
Within California, the name Fountain Place is unique.
Beyond California, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Fountain Place [East Baton Rouge Parish].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Fountain Place is located in Salt Lake County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Fountain Place that is located in El Dorado County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Fountain Place.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fountain Place ...
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.
- Bijou
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bijou is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bijou
- Centerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Echo Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elk Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elk Point is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Point
- Fallen Leaf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fredericksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fredericksburg is located in Alpine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Hobart ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hobart is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Kingsbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Kingsbury is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Kiva Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kiva Beach is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiva Beach
- Little Norway ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Little Norway is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Norway
- Round Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Round Hill is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Hill
- Spring Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Creek is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Summit Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Summit Village is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village
How Far From Fountain Place 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 Fountain Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fountain Place and extending to:
- Placerville, which is the Seat of El Dorado County, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Fountain Place to Placerville, with an average speed<4> 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 85 miles [136.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,284 miles [3,675.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 130 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,298 miles [11,745 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 8,065 miles [12,979.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,102 miles [9,820.2 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 Fountain Place 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fountain Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Fountain Place 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 Fountain Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8510, Longitude: -119.9341 In this case, the coordinates for Fountain Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.235 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.848 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.637 degrees. |
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