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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 Lost City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lost City and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Lost City:
    • 38.086779, -120.750001
    • 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 Lost City
  • 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 Calaveras County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calaveras County
    • Since Lost City is near Amador County and also San Joaquin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Amador County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for San Joaquin 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 Lost City

Communities Also Named Lost City ...

We found four communities that are also named Lost City.

Within California, the name Lost City is unique.

Beyond California, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Logan County
      • This Lost City is located in Logan County and lies 1,844 miles [2,967.6 km]<1> to the east of the Lost City that is located in Calaveras County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Lost City.
    • Nevada
      • Clark County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Lost City [Clark County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Cherokee County
      • This Lost City is located in Cherokee County and lies 1,414 miles [2,275.6 km]<1> to the east of the Lost City that is located in Calaveras County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Lost City.
    • West Virginia
      • Hardy County
      • This Lost City is located in Hardy County and lies 2,245 miles [3,613 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lost City that is located in Calaveras County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardy County community of Lost City.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lost City ...

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.

How Far From Lost City 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 community such as Lost City to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Lost City once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Lost City and extending to:

  • San Andreas, which is the Seat of Calaveras County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Lost City to Sacramento, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,340 miles [3,765.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,363 miles [11,849.6 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 8,130 miles [13,084 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,171 miles [9,931.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lost City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lost City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Lost City 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 Lost City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0868, Longitude: -120.7500       In this case, the coordinates for Lost City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.833 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.523 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.142 degrees.