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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 Lone Pine Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lone Pine Creek 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 Lone Pine Creek:
- 36.595063, -118.126608
- 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 Lone Pine Creek
- 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 Inyo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Inyo County
- Since Lone Pine Creek is near Tulare County and also Fresno County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tulare County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fresno 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 Lone Pine Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lone Pine Creek ...
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.
- Boulder Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dolomite ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Independence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lone Pine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lone Pine Station ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mock ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Reward ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tramway ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
How Far From Lone Pine Creek to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lone Pine Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lone Pine Creek and extending to:
- Independence, which is the Seat of Inyo County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lone Pine Creek to Independence, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 229 miles [368.5 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,230 miles [3,588.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 127 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,403 miles [11,914 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 8,172 miles [13,151.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,177 miles [9,940.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lone Pine Creek) 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 Lone Pine Creek 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 Lone Pine Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5951, Longitude: -118.1266 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.482 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.603 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.576 degrees. |
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