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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 Johnston Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Johnston Corner 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 Johnston Corner:
- 36.928564, -121.705226
- 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 Johnston Corner
- 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 Santa Cruz County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Cruz County
- Since Johnston Corner is near Monterey County and also San Benito County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monterey County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Benito 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 Johnston Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Johnston Corner ...
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.
- Aromas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Corporal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Corporal is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corporal
- Day Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Day Valley is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Valley
- Elkhorn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Elkhorn is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Freedom
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Leonard ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Leonard is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Murphy Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Murphy Crossing is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Crossing
- Prunedale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rob Roy Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rob Roy Junction is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy Junction
How Far From Johnston Corner to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Johnston Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Johnston Corner and extending to:
- Santa Cruz, which is the Seat of Santa Cruz County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Johnston Corner to Santa Cruz, 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 114 miles [183.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,412 miles [3,881.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 137 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,456 miles [11,999.3 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 8,224 miles [13,235.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,266 miles [10,084.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Johnston Corner) 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 Johnston Corner 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 Johnston Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9286, Longitude: -121.7052 In this case, the coordinates for Johnston Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.508 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.275 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.723 degrees. |
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