Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in King Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to King Farms and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for King Farms

• 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 King Farms:
  • 38.726570, -121.691351
  • 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 King Farms

• 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 Yolo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Yolo County
  • Since King Farms is near Sutter County and also Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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 King Farms

Curious and Interesting Names Near King Farms ...

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.

• Bombay
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Bombay is located in Sacramento County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bombay
• Hebron ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hebron is located in Yolo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
• Jacobs Corner
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jacobs Corner is located in Yolo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Corner
• Joes Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Joes Landing is located in Sutter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Landing
• Karnak
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Karnak is located in Sutter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karnak
• Knights Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Knights Landing is located in Yolo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Landing
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knights Landing <1>
• Kobe ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Kobe is located in Yolo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kobe
• Marty ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Marty is located in Yolo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marty
• Plumtree ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Plumtree is located in Yolo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumtree
• Robbins
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Robbins is located in Sutter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Robbins <1>
• Sugarfield
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Sugarfield is located in Yolo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarfield

How Far From King Farms 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 King Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in King Farms and extending to:

• Woodland, which is the Seat of Yolo County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from King Farms to Sacramento, 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 four to five hours.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,377 miles [3,825.4 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 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,340 miles [11,812.6 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 8,106 miles [13,045.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,161 miles [9,915.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'