Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Makahmo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Makahmo and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Makahmo
- 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 Makahmo:
- 38.817962, -123.009445
- 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 Makahmo
- 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 Sonoma County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Sonoma County
- Since Makahmo is near Mendocino County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Mendocino County
- eBird sighting report for Lake 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Makahmo ...
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.
- Big Valley Rancheria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Valley Rancheria have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Valley Rancheria
- Big Valley Rancheria is located in Lake County
- Black Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oaks
- Black Oaks is located in Sonoma County
- Cloverdale
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverdale is located in Sonoma County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,803 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cloverdale <2>
- Forest Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Forest Lake is located in Lake County
- Geyserville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geyserville
- Geyserville is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geyserville <2>
- Glenview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
- Glenview is located in Lake County
- Hermitage ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Hopland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopland
- Hopland is located in Mendocino County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopland <2>
- Jimtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Mercuryville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mercuryville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercuryville
- Mercuryville is located in Sonoma County
- Oasis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Sunrise Vista
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Vista
- Sunrise Vista is located in Lake County
- Whispering Pines
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whispering Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Whispering Pines is located in Lake County
How Far From Makahmo 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 Makahmo 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<4> community of Makahmo once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Makahmo and extending to:
- Santa Rosa, which is the Seat of Sonoma County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<5> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Makahmo to Santa Rosa, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 83 miles [133.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,444 miles [3,933.2 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,358 miles [11,841.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,123 miles [13,072.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,193 miles [9,966.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Sonoma County: www.sonoma-county.org/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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 Makahmo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Makahmo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Makahmo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8180, Longitude: -123.0094 In this case, the coordinates for Makahmo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Makahmo to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.809 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.932 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.532 degrees. |