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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 Lerdo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lerdo 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 Lerdo:
- 35.490235, -119.152605
- 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 Lerdo
- 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 Kern County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kern County
- Since Lerdo is near Tulare County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tulare 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 Lerdo
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lerdo ...
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.
- Fruitvale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitvale is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Greenacres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hights Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hights Corner is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hights Corner
- Mexican Colony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mexican Colony is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexican Colony
- Minter Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Minter Village is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter Village
- Oil Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oil Junction is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Junction
- Oildale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oildale is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oildale
- Rosedale ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rosedale is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
How Far From Lerdo 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 Lerdo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lerdo and extending to:
- Bakersfield, which is the Seat of Kern County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lerdo to Bakersfield, 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 249 miles [400.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,307 miles [3,712.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 131 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,496 miles [12,063.6 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 8,265 miles [13,301.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,272 miles [10,093.8 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lerdo) 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 Lerdo 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 Lerdo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4902, Longitude: -119.1526 In this case, the coordinates for Lerdo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.192 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.391 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.18 degrees. |
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