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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 June Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to June Lake 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 June Lake:
- 37.779144, -119.078411
- 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 June Lake
- 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 Mono County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mono County
- Since June Lake is near Tuolumne County and also Madera County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuolumne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madera 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 June Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near June Lake ...
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.
- Dana City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Crown Mine ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hemlock Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hemlock Crossing is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Crossing
- June Lake Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Mary
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lee Vining
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mammoth Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mono Mills ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Old Mammoth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
How Far From June Lake 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 June Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in June Lake and extending to:
- Bridgeport, which is the Seat of Mono County, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from June Lake to Bridgeport, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,257 miles [3,632.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 129 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,349 miles [11,827.1 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 8,117 miles [13,063 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,138 miles [9,878.2 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' (or 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- June Lake) 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 June Lake 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 June Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7791, Longitude: -119.0784 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.409 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.793 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.133 degrees. |
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