Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Harts Place:
  • 35.500790, -117.948680
  • 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 Harts 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 Kern County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kern County
  • Since Harts Place is near Inyo County and also San Bernardino County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Inyo County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for San Bernardino 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 Harts Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Harts 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.

• Bradys
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Bradys is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys
• Freeman ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Freeman is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
• Gypsite
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Gypsite is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsite
• Indian Wells
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Indian Wells is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Wells
• Little Dixie ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Little Dixie is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Dixie
• Redrock ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Redrock is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redrock
• Sageland ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Sageland is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageland
• Saltdale ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Saltdale is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltdale

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Harts Place and extending to:

• Bakersfield, which is the Seat of Kern County, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Harts Place to Bakersfield, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
• Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 288 miles [463.5 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,243 miles [3,609.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 128 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,469 miles [12,020.2 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 8,237 miles [13,256.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,233 miles [10,031 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'