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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 Homestead Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Homestead Valley 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 Homestead Valley:
- 37.898949, -122.536690
- 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 Homestead Valley
- 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 Marin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marin County
- Since Homestead Valley is near San Francisco County and also Contra Costa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Francisco County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Contra Costa 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 Homestead Valley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Homestead Valley ...
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.
- Harbor Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harbor Point is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Point
- Kent Woodlands
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kent Woodlands is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Woodlands
- Larkspur
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Little Reed Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Little Reed Heights is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Reed Heights
- Meadowsweet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meadowsweet is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowsweet
- Paradise Cay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Paradise Cay is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Cay
- Reed
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Reed is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Strawberry
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Strawberry is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Waldo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Waldo is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
How Far From Homestead Valley 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 Homestead Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Homestead Valley and extending to:
- San Rafael, which is the Seat of Marin County, lies just to the North.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Homestead Valley to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,437 miles [3,922 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 139 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,409 miles [11,923.6 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 8,175 miles [13,156.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,234 miles [10,032.7 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' (or 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- Homestead Valley) 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 Homestead Valley 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 Homestead Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8989, Longitude: -122.5367 In this case, the coordinates for Homestead Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.316 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.297 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.238 degrees. |
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