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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 Magnetic Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Magnetic Spring 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 Magnetic Spring:
- 37.070504, -121.985516
- 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 Magnetic Spring
- 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 Cruz County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Cruz County
- Since Magnetic Spring is near Santa Clara County and also Monterey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Clara County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monterey 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 Magnetic Spring
Curious and Interesting Names Near Magnetic Spring ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Day Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Day Valley is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Valley
- Highland ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Holy City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Holy City is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy City
- Mission Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mission Springs is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Springs
- Opal Cliffs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Opal Cliffs is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal Cliffs
- Paradise Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise Park is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Park
- Seabright
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Seabright is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabright
- Seacliff ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Seacliff is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seacliff
- Twin Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
How Far From Magnetic Spring 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 Magnetic Spring 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<2> community of Magnetic Spring once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Magnetic Spring and extending to:
- Santa Cruz, which is the Seat of Santa Cruz County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<3> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Magnetic Spring 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,424 miles [3,901 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 7,452 miles [11,992.8 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 8,220 miles [13,228.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,266 miles [10,084.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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> | 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 Magnetic Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Magnetic Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Magnetic Spring 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 Magnetic Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0705, Longitude: -121.9855 In this case, the coordinates for Magnetic Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.76 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.587 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.896 degrees. |
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