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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 Hellhole Palms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hellhole Palms 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 Hellhole Palms:
- 33.236706, -116.440292
- 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 Hellhole Palms
- 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 San Diego County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Diego County
- Since Hellhole Palms is near Riverside County and also Imperial County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Riverside County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Imperial 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 Hellhole Palms
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hellhole Palms ...
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.
- Desert Lodge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Desert Lodge is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Lodge
- Eagles Nest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eagles Nest is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Julian
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pinyon Pines
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pinyon Pines is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinyon Pines
- Ribbonwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ribbonwood is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ribbonwood
- Scissors Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Scissors Crossing is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scissors Crossing
- Stonewall ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stonewall is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Whispering Pines
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Whispering Pines is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
How Far From Hellhole Palms 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 Hellhole Palms to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hellhole Palms and extending to:
- San Diego, which is the Seat of San Diego County, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hellhole Palms to San Diego, with an average speed<3> 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 over two days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 464 miles [746.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,216 miles [3,566.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 87 days and walking would take 126 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,575 miles [12,190.8 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 8,343 miles [13,426.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,312 miles [10,158.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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- Hellhole Palms) 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 Hellhole Palms 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 Hellhole Palms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2367, Longitude: -116.4403 In this case, the coordinates for Hellhole Palms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.631 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.128 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.587 degrees. |
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