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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 Lairds Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lairds Landing 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 Lairds Landing:
- 38.159366, -122.912496
- 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 Lairds Landing
- 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 Marin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marin County
- Since Lairds Landing is near Sonoma County and also Napa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sonoma County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Napa 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 Lairds Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lairds Landing ...
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.
- Blakes Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Blakes Landing is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakes Landing
- Cypress Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cypress Grove is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Grove
- Hamlet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hamlet is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Marconi
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marconi is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marconi
- Marshall
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ocean Roar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ocean Roar is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Roar
- Seahaven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seahaven is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seahaven
- Two Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Two Rock is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Rock
- Valley Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
How Far From Lairds Landing 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 Lairds Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lairds Landing and extending to:
- San Rafael, which is the Seat of Marin County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lairds Landing to San Rafael, with an average speed<3> 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 most of a day.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 82 miles [132 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,451 miles [3,944.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 140 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,399 miles [11,907.5 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 8,165 miles [13,140.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,229 miles [10,024.6 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lairds Landing) 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 Lairds Landing 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 Lairds Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1594, Longitude: -122.9125 In this case, the coordinates for Lairds Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.661 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.725 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.472 degrees. |
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