Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Loma Portal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Loma Portal and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Loma Portal

• 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 Loma Portal:
  • 32.743939, -117.218925
  • 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 Loma Portal

• 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 San Diego County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for San Diego 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 Loma Portal

Curious and Interesting Names Near Loma Portal ...

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.

• Fiesta Shores
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Fiesta Shores is located in San Diego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiesta Shores
• Five Points
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Five Points is located in San Diego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Fleetridge
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Fleetridge is located in San Diego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetridge
• Hillcrest
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Hillcrest is located in San Diego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
• Mission Beach
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mission Beach is located in San Diego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Beach
• Mission Hills
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Mission Hills is located in San Diego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
• Ocean Beach
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Ocean Beach is located in San Diego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Beach
• Overlook
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Overlook is located in San Diego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
• Roseville
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Roseville is located in San Diego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
• Sunset Cliffs
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunset Cliffs is located in San Diego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Cliffs

How Far From Loma Portal 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 Loma Portal to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Loma Portal and extending to:

• San Diego, which is the Seat of San Diego County, lies just to the East Southeast.
• Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 468 miles [753.2 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Loma Portal to Sacramento, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 27 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 19 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,270 miles [3,653.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 129 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,625 miles [12,271.2 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 8,393 miles [13,507.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,366 miles [10,245.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'