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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 Kramer Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kramer Junction 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 Kramer Junction:
- 34.992477, -117.541724
- 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 Kramer Junction
- 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 San Bernardino County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Bernardino County
- Since Kramer Junction is near Kern County and also Los Angeles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kern County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Los Angeles 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 Kramer Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kramer Junction ...
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.
- Boron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Desert Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Desert Lake is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Lake
- Edwards
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Helendale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kramer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kramer is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kramer
- Kramer Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kramer Hills is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kramer Hills
- Rich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rich is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich
- Silt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Silt is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silt
- Wild Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wild Crossing is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Crossing
How Far From Kramer Junction 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 Kramer Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kramer Junction and extending to:
- San Bernardino, which is the Seat of San Bernardino County, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kramer Junction to San Bernardino, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 330 miles [531.1 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,233 miles [3,593.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 127 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,491 miles [12,055.6 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 8,260 miles [13,293.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,249 miles [10,056.8 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kramer Junction) 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 Kramer Junction 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 Kramer Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9925, Longitude: -117.5417 In this case, the coordinates for Kramer Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.791 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.661 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.235 degrees. |
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