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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 Little Holland Tract, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Holland Tract 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 Little Holland Tract:
- 38.324079, -121.655512
- 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 Little Holland Tract
- 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 Yolo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yolo County
- Since Little Holland Tract is near Solano County and also Sacramento County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Solano County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sacramento 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 Little Holland Tract
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Holland Tract ...
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.
- Bunker
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bunker is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker
- Central
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Central is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Five Points
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Green
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Green is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Howard Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Howard Landing is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Landing
- Howard Landing Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Howard Landing Ferry is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Landing Ferry
- Maine Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Maine Prairie is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine Prairie
- Paintersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Paintersville is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville
- Randall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Randall is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
How Far From Little Holland Tract 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 Little Holland Tract to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Little Holland Tract and extending to:
- Woodland, which is the Seat of Yolo County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Little Holland Tract to Woodland, with an average speed<2> 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 19 miles [30.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,383 miles [3,835.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 136 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,365 miles [11,852.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,132 miles [13,087.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,183 miles [9,950.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Little Holland Tract) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Little Holland Tract 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 Little Holland Tract. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3241, Longitude: -121.6555 In this case, the coordinates for Little Holland Tract have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.618 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.478 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.695 degrees. |
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