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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 Llano De Buena Vista, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Llano De Buena Vista 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 Llano De Buena Vista:
- 36.637182, -121.623000
- 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 Llano De Buena Vista
- 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 Monterey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monterey County
- Since Llano De Buena Vista is near San Benito County and also Santa Clara County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Benito County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Clara 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 Llano De Buena Vista
Curious and Interesting Names Near Llano De Buena Vista ...
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.
- Castroville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cooper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cooper is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Creekside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Creekside is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Dean
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dean is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- James Meadows
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- James Meadows is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Meadows
- Marina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Natividad
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Natividad is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natividad
- Prunedale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sand City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Seaside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Spreckels
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Spreckels Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Spreckels Junction is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spreckels Junction
How Far From Llano De Buena Vista 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 Llano De Buena Vista to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Llano De Buena Vista and extending to:
- Salinas, which is the Seat of Monterey County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Llano De Buena Vista to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,414 miles [3,885 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 138 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,473 miles [12,026.6 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 8,241 miles [13,262.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,281 miles [10,108.3 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 '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- Llano De Buena Vista) 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 Llano De Buena Vista 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 Llano De Buena Vista. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6372, Longitude: -121.6230 In this case, the coordinates for Llano De Buena Vista have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.405 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.136 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.671 degrees. |
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