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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 Los Ranchitos, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Los Ranchitos 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 Los Ranchitos:
- 37.992979, -122.542477
- 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 Los Ranchitos
- 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 Marin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marin County
- Since Los Ranchitos is near Contra Costa County and also Sonoma County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Contra Costa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sonoma 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 Los Ranchitos
Communities Also Named Los Ranchitos ...
We found three communities that are also named Los Ranchitos.
There is one other community in California that is also named Los Ranchitos.
Beyond California, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Riverside County
- This Los Ranchitos is located in Riverside County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Los Ranchitos that is located in Marin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Los Ranchitos.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Mexico
- Guadalupe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Los Ranchitos [Guadalupe County].
- Texas
- Cameron County
- This Los Ranchitos is located in Cameron County and lies 1,655 miles [2,663.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Los Ranchitos that is located in Marin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cameron County community of Los Ranchitos.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Los Ranchitos ...
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.
- Golf ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Golf is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf
- Homestead Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Homestead Valley is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Valley
- Kent Woodlands
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kent Woodlands is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Woodlands
- Larkspur
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Little Reed Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Reed Heights is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Reed Heights
- Lucas Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lucas Valley is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Valley
- Manor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Manor is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
- Meadowsweet
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Meadowsweet is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowsweet
- Paradise Cay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise Cay is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Cay
- Reed
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Reed is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Sleepy Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Strawberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Strawberry is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
How Far From Los Ranchitos 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 Los Ranchitos to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Los Ranchitos and extending to:
- San Rafael, which is the Seat of Marin County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Los Ranchitos 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 three full days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,435 miles [3,918.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 139 days.
- The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,169 miles [13,146.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,228 miles [10,023 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Los Ranchitos) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Ranchitos 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Ranchitos 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 Los Ranchitos. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9930, Longitude: -122.5425 In this case, the coordinates for Los Ranchitos have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.331 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.319 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.242 degrees. |
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