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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 Greekstore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greekstore 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 Greekstore:
- 39.076873, -120.558344
- 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 Greekstore
- 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 Placer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Placer County
- Since Greekstore is near El Dorado County and also Nevada County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for El Dorado County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nevada 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 Greekstore
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greekstore ...
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.
- Bath ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bath is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Flat Ravine ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Ravine is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ravine
- Gilberts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gilberts is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilberts
- Hughes Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hughes Mill is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Mill
- Last Chance ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Michigan Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Parsley Bar Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parsley Bar Crossing is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsley Bar Crossing
- Red Point ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Red Point is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Point
- Secret Canyon ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Secret Canyon is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret Canyon
How Far From Greekstore 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 Greekstore to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Greekstore and extending to:
- Auburn, which is the Seat of Placer County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Greekstore to Auburn, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 60 miles [96.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,312 miles [3,720.8 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,295 miles [11,740.2 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 8,063 miles [12,976.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,108 miles [9,829.9 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greekstore) 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 Greekstore 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 Greekstore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0769, Longitude: -120.5583 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.777 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.51 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.015 degrees. |
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