Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Los Gatos, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Los Gatos and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Los Gatos
- 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 Los Gatos:
- 37.235654, -121.963090
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Los Gatos
- 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 Santa Clara County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Santa Clara County
- Since Los Gatos is near Santa Cruz County and also San Mateo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Santa Cruz County
- eBird sighting report for San Mateo 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Los Gatos ...
We found one communities that share the name Los Gatos.
Within California, the name Los Gatos is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Los Gatos in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Los Gatos ...
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.
- Champagne Fountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champagne Fountain
- Champagne Fountain is located in Santa Clara County
- Chinatown ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - English Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for English Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Town
- English Town is located in Santa Clara County
- Fruitdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Fruitdale is located in Santa Clara County
- Greystone ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Guadalupe ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Holy City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Lick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Meridian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Robertsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robertsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Robertsville is located in Santa Clara County
- Seven Trees
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Trees
- Seven Trees is located in Santa Clara County
- Willow Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Willow Glen is located in Santa Clara County
How Far From Los Gatos 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 town such as Los Gatos to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Los Gatos and extending to:
- San Jose, which is the Seat of Santa Clara County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<3> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Los Gatos to Sacramento, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,420 miles [3,894.6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,441 miles [11,975.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,208 miles [13,209.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,256 miles [10,068.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Los Gatos: www.losgatosca.gov/
The official website for Santa Clara County: www.sccgov.org/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Los Gatos could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Los Gatos) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Los Gatos. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2357, Longitude: -121.9631 |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Los Gatos to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.76 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.595 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.883 degrees. |