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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 Jayhawk, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jayhawk 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 Jayhawk:
- 38.731232, -120.965761
- 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 Jayhawk
- 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 El Dorado County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for El Dorado County
- Since Jayhawk is near Sacramento County and also Placer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sacramento County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Placer 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 Jayhawk
Communities Also Named Jayhawk ...
We found one communities that are also named Jayhawk.
Within California, the name Jayhawk is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Jayhawk in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Douglas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Jayhawk [Douglas County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jayhawk ...
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.
- Cold Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cold Springs is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Crown Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crown Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Village
- El Dorado Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Equestrian Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Equestrian Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equestrian Village
- Frenchtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frenchtown is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Gold Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Trail Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gold Trail Park is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Trail Park
- Green Springs Ranch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Springs Ranch is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs Ranch
- Green Springs Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Green Springs Valley is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs Valley
- Kingsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
- Lotus
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Marble Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marble Mountain is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Mountain
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Marina Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Marina Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marina Village
- Oak Tree Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Tree Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Tree Village
- Perks Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Perks Corner is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perks Corner
- Salmon Falls ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shingle Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Skinners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sprekelsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sprekelsville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprekelsville
- Stonegate Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stonegate Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate Village
- Winterhaven Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Winterhaven Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterhaven Village
How Far From Jayhawk 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 Jayhawk to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Jayhawk and extending to:
- Placerville, which is the Seat of El Dorado County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Jayhawk to Placerville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 29 miles [46.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,340 miles [3,765.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,325 miles [11,788.4 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 8,093 miles [13,024.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,140 miles [9,881.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Jayhawk 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jayhawk) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Jayhawk 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 Jayhawk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7312, Longitude: -120.9658 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.082 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.856 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.269 degrees. |
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