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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 Inverness, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Inverness 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 Inverness:
- 38.101160, -122.856566
- 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
- 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 is near Sonoma County and also Napa 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 Napa 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
Communities Also Named Inverness ...
We found nineteen communities that are also named Inverness.
Within California, the name Inverness is unique.
Beyond California, we know of nineteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Bullock County
- This Inverness is located in Bullock County and lies 2,124 miles [3,418.2 km]<1> to the east of the Inverness that is located in Marin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bullock County community of Inverness.
- Shelby County
- This Inverness is located in Shelby County and lies 2,038 miles [3,279.8 km] to the east of the Inverness that is located in Marin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Inverness.
- Colorado
- Douglas County
- This Inverness is located in Douglas County and lies 971 miles [1,562.7 km]<1> to the east of the Inverness that is located in Marin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Inverness.
- Florida
- Citrus County
- This Inverness is located in Citrus County and lies 2,400 miles [3,862.4 km]<1> to the east of the Inverness that is located in Marin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Citrus County community of Inverness.
- Georgia
- McIntosh County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Inverness [McIntosh County].
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Inverness is located in Cook County and lies 1,843 miles [2,966 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Inverness that is located in Marin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Inverness.
- Indiana
- Steuben County
- This Inverness is located in Steuben County and lies 1,999 miles [3,217.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Inverness that is located in Marin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of Inverness.
- Kentucky
- Breathitt County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Inverness [Breathitt County].
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Inverness is located in Baltimore County and lies 2,472 miles [3,978.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Inverness that is located in Marin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Inverness.
- Michigan
- Cheboygan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Inverness [Cheboygan County].
- Mississippi
- Sunflower County
- This Inverness is located in Sunflower County and lies 1,828 miles [2,941.9 km]<1> to the east of the Inverness that is located in Marin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sunflower County community of Inverness.
- Montana
- Hill County
- This Inverness is located in Hill County and lies 943 miles [1,517.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Inverness that is located in Marin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hill County community of Inverness.
- New York
- Livingston County
- This Inverness is located in Livingston County and lies 2,356 miles [3,791.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Inverness that is located in Marin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Inverness.
- North Carolina
- Cumberland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Inverness [Cumberland County].
- Hoke County
- This Inverness is located in Hoke County and lies 2,402 miles [3,865.6 km]<1> to the east of the Inverness that is located in Marin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hoke County community of Inverness.
- Nova Scotia
- This Inverness lies 3,120 miles [5,021.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Inverness that is located in Marin County.
- Ohio
- Columbiana County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Inverness [Columbiana County].
- Prince Edward Island
- This Inverness lies 2,986 miles [4,805.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Inverness that is located in Marin County.
- Quebec
- This Inverness lies 2,638 miles [4,245.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Inverness that is located in Marin County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Inverness ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blakes Landing is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakes Landing
- Cypress Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress Grove is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Grove
- Five Brooks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hamlet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jewell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Marconi
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Marconi is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marconi
- Marshall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ocean Roar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ocean Roar is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Roar
- Seahaven
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Seahaven is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seahaven
How Far From Inverness 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 to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Inverness and extending to:
- San Rafael, which is the Seat of Marin County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Inverness to San Rafael, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 81 miles [130.4 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 2,450 miles [3,942.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,402 miles [11,912.4 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 8,168 miles [13,145.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,231 miles [10,027.8 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 from Point A (ie- Inverness) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Inverness could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Inverness 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 Inverness. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1012, Longitude: -122.8566 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.608 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.658 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.437 degrees. |
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