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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 La Costa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to La Costa 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 La Costa:
- 33.091152, -117.266148
- 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 La Costa
- 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 Diego County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Diego County
- Since La Costa is near Riverside County and also Orange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Riverside County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange 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 La Costa
Communities Also Named La Costa ...
We found one communities that are also named La Costa.
There is one other community in California that is also named La Costa.
Beyond California.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Los Angeles County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of La Costa [Los Angeles County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near La Costa ...
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.
- Eden Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Eden Gardens is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Gardens
- Elfin Forest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Elfin Forest is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elfin Forest
- Harmony Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Harmony Grove is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Hidden Meadows
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hidden Meadows is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Meadows
- Lilac
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lilac is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilac
- Oceanside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Oaks is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- University City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- University City is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
- Valley Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vista
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Winterwarm
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Winterwarm is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterwarm
How Far From La Costa 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 La Costa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in La Costa and extending to:
- San Diego, which is the Seat of San Diego County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from La Costa to San Diego, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full 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 446 miles [717.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,264 miles [3,643.6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,604 miles [12,237.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,373 miles [13,475 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,348 miles [10,216.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that La Costa could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- La Costa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 La Costa 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 La Costa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0912, Longitude: -117.2661 In this case, the coordinates for La Costa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.288 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.918 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.053 degrees. |
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