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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 Jimeno, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jimeno 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 Jimeno:
- 39.084338, -121.917470
- 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 Jimeno
- 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 Colusa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colusa County
- Since Jimeno is near Sutter County and also Yolo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sutter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yolo 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 Jimeno
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jimeno ...
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.
- College City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Island is located in Colusa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Island
- Joesphine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Joesphine is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joesphine
- Lira
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lira is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lira
- Meridian
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Moons Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Moons Ferry is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moons Ferry
- Prize ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Prize is located in Colusa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prize
- Progress
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Progress is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
How Far From Jimeno 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 Jimeno to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Jimeno and extending to:
- Colusa, which is the Seat of Colusa County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Jimeno to Colusa, with an average speed<3> 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 41 miles [66 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,383 miles [3,835.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 136 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,321 miles [11,782 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 8,087 miles [13,014.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,147 miles [9,892.6 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jimeno) 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 Jimeno 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 Jimeno. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0843, Longitude: -121.9175 In this case, the coordinates for Jimeno have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.915 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.873 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.852 degrees. |
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