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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 Marina Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marina Village 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 Marina Village:
    • 38.715180, -121.089389
    • 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 Marina Village
  • 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 El Dorado County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for El Dorado County
    • Since Marina Village is near Sacramento County and also Placer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sacramento County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Placer 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 Marina Village

Communities Also Named Marina Village ...

We found two communities that are also named Marina Village.

Within California, the name Marina Village is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Marina Village is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,337 miles [3,761 km]<1> to the east of the Marina Village that is located in El Dorado County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Marina Village.
    • Illinois
      • Kendall 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 Illinois community of Marina Village [Kendall County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Marina Village ...

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.

  • Crown Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Crown Village is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Village
  • El Dorado Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Equestrian Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Equestrian Village is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equestrian Village
  • Green Springs Ranch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Green Springs Ranch is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs Ranch
  • Green Springs Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Green Springs Valley is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs Valley
  • Mormon Island ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Mormon Island is located in Sacramento County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Island
  • Oak Tree Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Oak Tree Village is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Tree Village
  • Salmon Falls ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Salmon Falls is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Falls
  • Stonegate Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Stonegate Village is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate Village
  • Summit Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Summit Village is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village
  • Winterhaven Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Winterhaven Village is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterhaven Village

How Far From Marina Village 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 Marina Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Marina Village and extending to:

  • Placerville, which is the Seat of El Dorado County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Marina Village to Placerville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 23 miles [37 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,346 miles [3,775.5 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 134 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,329 miles [11,794.9 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 8,096 miles [13,029.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,144 miles [9,887.8 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' (or 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- Marina Village) 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 Marina Village 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 Marina Village 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 Marina Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7152, Longitude: -121.0894       In this case, the coordinates for Marina Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.184 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.977 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.345 degrees.