Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Hagginwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hagginwood and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Hagginwood

• 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 Hagginwood:
  • 38.627404, -121.432454
  • 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 Hagginwood

• 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 Sacramento County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sacramento County
  • Since Hagginwood is near Yolo County and also Placer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Yolo County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Placer 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 Hagginwood

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hagginwood ...

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.

• Antelope
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Antelope is located in Sacramento County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Antelope <1>
• Arcade ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Arcade is located in Sacramento County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
• Bombay
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bombay is located in Sacramento County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bombay
• Citrus
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Citrus is located in Sacramento County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus
• Fair Oaks
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Fair Oaks is located in Sacramento County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fair Oaks <1>
• Fairoaks Bridge ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Fairoaks Bridge is located in Sacramento County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairoaks Bridge
• Gardenland
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Gardenland is located in Sacramento County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenland
• Gold River
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Gold River is located in Sacramento County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold River
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gold River <1>
• Kobe ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Kobe is located in Yolo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kobe
• Marty ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Marty is located in Yolo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marty
• Mayhew
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mayhew is located in Sacramento County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew
• Polk
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Polk is located in Sacramento County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
• Pollock
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Pollock is located in Sacramento County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock

How Far From Hagginwood 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 Hagginwood to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hagginwood and extending to:

• Sacramento, which is the Seat of Sacramento County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies just to the southwest (SW).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,366 miles [3,807.7 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Hagginwood to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 5 days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 135 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 93 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,341 miles [11,814.2 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 8,108 miles [13,048.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,159 miles [9,911.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'