Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in La Honda Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to La Honda Park and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for La Honda Park

• 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 Honda Park:
  • 38.120476, -120.496312
  • 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 Honda Park

• 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 Calaveras County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Calaveras County
  • Since La Honda Park is near Tuolumne County and also Amador 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 Amador 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 Honda Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near La Honda Park ...

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.

• Angels Camp
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Angels Camp is located in Calaveras County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels Camp
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angels Camp <1>
• Angels City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Angels City is located in Calaveras County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels City
• Big Valley
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Big Valley is located in Calaveras County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Valley
• Cave City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Cave City is located in Calaveras County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
• Forest Meadows
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Forest Meadows is located in Calaveras County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Meadows
• Indian Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Indian Creek is located in Calaveras County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
• Parrotts Ferry
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Parrotts Ferry is located in Tuolumne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrotts Ferry
• Rocky Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Rocky Hill is located in Calaveras County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
• Sheep Ranch
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Sheep Ranch is located in Calaveras County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Ranch
  • Sheep Ranch has also been known as:
  • Sheepranch
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sheep Ranch <1>

How Far From La Honda Park to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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 Honda Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• San Andreas, which is the Seat of Calaveras County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from La Honda Park to San Andreas, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 62 miles [99.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,326 miles [3,743.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 133 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,356 miles [11,838.3 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 8,123 miles [13,072.7 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>'