Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Madera Country Club Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Madera Country Club Estates and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Madera Country Club Estates

• 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 Madera Country Club Estates:
  • 37.026058, -120.064608
  • 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 Madera Country Club Estates

• 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 Madera County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Madera County
  • Since Madera Country Club Estates is near Merced County and also Fresno County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Merced 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 Madera Country Club Estates

Curious and Interesting Names Near Madera Country Club Estates ...

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.

• Ash ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Ash is located in Madera County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
• Bonita
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bonita is located in Madera County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
• Chowchilla
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Chowchilla is located in Madera County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chowchilla
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,153 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chowchilla <1>
• Dairyland
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Dairyland is located in Madera County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyland
• Gregg
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Gregg is located in Madera County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg
• Hillside ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillside is located in Madera County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
• Italian Swiss Colony
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Italian Swiss Colony is located in Madera County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Swiss Colony
• Lincoln ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Lincoln is located in Madera County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
• Plains ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Plains is located in Madera County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
• Raymond
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Raymond is located in Madera County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
• Riverview ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Riverview is located in Fresno County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
• Rolling Hills
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rolling Hills is located in Madera County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills

How Far From Madera Country Club Estates 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 Madera Country Club Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Madera Country Club Estates and extending to:

• Madera, which is the Seat of Madera County, lies just to the South.
• Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Madera Country Club Estates to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,324 miles [3,740.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,417 miles [11,936.5 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 8,186 miles [13,174.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,212 miles [9,997.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'