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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 Hathaways Mountain Pines, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hathaways Mountain Pines and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hathaways Mountain Pines
- 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 Hathaways Mountain Pines:
- 38.194641, -120.368253
- 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 Hathaways Mountain Pines
- 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 Calaveras County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calaveras County
- Since Hathaways Mountain Pines is near Tuolumne County and also Amador County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuolumne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Amador 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 Hathaways Mountain Pines
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hathaways Mountain Pines ...
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.
- Arnold
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Big Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Big Valley is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Valley
- Fisher Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fisher Place is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Place
- Forest Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Meadows is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Meadows
- Grizzly Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grizzly Ridge is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzly Ridge
- Indian Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Indian Creek is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Indian Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Indian Hills is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Lilac Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lilac Park is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilac Park
- Manuel Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Manuel Mill is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manuel Mill
- Mountain Retreat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Retreat is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Retreat
- Red Apple
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Red Apple is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Apple
- Sheep Ranch
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sunset Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sunset Point is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Point
- Timber Trails
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Timber Trails is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Trails
How Far From Hathaways Mountain Pines 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 Hathaways Mountain Pines to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hathaways Mountain Pines and extending to:
- San Andreas, which is the Seat of Calaveras County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Hathaways Mountain Pines to San Andreas, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 66 miles [106.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,318 miles [3,730.5 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 7,348 miles [11,825.5 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 8,116 miles [13,061.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,153 miles [9,902.3 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 '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- Hathaways Mountain Pines) 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 Hathaways Mountain Pines 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 Hathaways Mountain Pines. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1946, Longitude: -120.3683 In this case, the coordinates for Hathaways Mountain Pines have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.526 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.16 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.909 degrees. |
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