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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 Holy City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holy City 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 Holy City:
- 37.156967, -121.979384
- 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 Holy City
- 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 Santa Clara County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Clara County
- Since Holy City is near Santa Cruz County and also San Mateo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Cruz County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Mateo 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 Holy City
Communities Also Named Holy City ...
We found one communities that are also named Holy City.
Within California, the name Holy City is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Holy City in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Oklahoma
- Comanche County
- This Holy City is located in Comanche County and lies 1,314 miles [2,114.7 km]<1> to the east of the Holy City that is located in Santa Clara County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Comanche County community of Holy City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Holy City ...
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.
- Boulder Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Champagne Fountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- English Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- English Town is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Town
- Forest Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Forest Park is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Forest Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Forest Springs is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Springs
- Greystone ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greystone is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Guadalupe ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Guadalupe is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
- Highland ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Magnetic Spring ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Magnetic Spring is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Spring
- Mission Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mission Springs is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Springs
- Riverside Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Riverside Grove is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Grove
- Robertsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Robertsville is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Twin Creeks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Twin Creeks is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creeks
- Wildwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wildwood is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Holy City 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 Holy City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Holy City once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Holy City and extending to:
- San Jose, which is the Seat of Santa Clara County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Holy City to San Jose, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,422 miles [3,897.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 138 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,447 miles [11,984.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,214 miles [13,219.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,261 miles [10,076.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Holy City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Holy City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Holy City 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 Holy City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1570, Longitude: -121.9794 In this case, the coordinates for Holy City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.765 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.597 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.892 degrees. |
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