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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 Hanford Del Arroyo Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hanford Del Arroyo Estates and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hanford Del Arroyo Estates
- 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 Hanford Del Arroyo Estates:
- 36.345000, -119.632500
- 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 Hanford Del Arroyo 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 Kings County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kings County
- Since Hanford Del Arroyo Estates is near Fresno County and also Tulare County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fresno County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tulare 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 Hanford Del Arroyo Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hanford Del Arroyo 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.
- Clint
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clint is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clint
- Guernsey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Guernsey is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Halls Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Halls Corner is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
- Home Garden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Home Garden is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Garden
- Hub
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hub is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub
- Kingsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Orion ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Orion is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Shell
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shell is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell
- Wildflower
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wildflower is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildflower
How Far From Hanford Del Arroyo Estates 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 Hanford Del Arroyo Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hanford Del Arroyo Estates and extending to:
- Hanford, which is the Seat of Kings County, lies just to the West.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Hanford Del Arroyo Estates to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,315 miles [3,725.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,452 miles [11,992.8 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 8,220 miles [13,228.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,238 miles [10,039.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hanford Del Arroyo Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hanford Del Arroyo 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 Hanford Del Arroyo Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3450, Longitude: -119.6325 In this case, the coordinates for Hanford Del Arroyo Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.70 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.058 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.47 degrees. |
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