Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Inverness Park:
  • 38.063812, -122.822770
  • 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 Inverness Park

• 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 Inverness Park is near Sonoma County and also Contra Costa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sonoma 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 Inverness Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Inverness Park ...

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.

• Blakes Landing
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Blakes Landing is located in Marin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakes Landing
• Cypress Grove
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cypress Grove is located in Marin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Grove
• Five Brooks
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Five Brooks is located in Marin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Brooks
• Forest Knolls
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Forest Knolls is located in Marin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Knolls
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest Knolls <1>
• Hamlet
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hamlet is located in Marin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
• Jewell
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jewell is located in Marin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
• Marconi
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Marconi is located in Marin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marconi
• Marshall
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Marshall is located in Marin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshall <1>
• Ocean Roar
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ocean Roar is located in Marin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Roar
• Seahaven
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Seahaven is located in Marin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seahaven

How Far From Inverness Park 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 Inverness Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Inverness Park and extending to:

• San Rafael, which is the Seat of Marin County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Inverness Park to San Rafael, 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 80 miles [128.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,449 miles [3,941.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 140 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,403 miles [11,914 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 8,169 miles [13,146.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,232 miles [10,029.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'