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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 McCauley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McCauley 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 McCauley:
- 38.428246, -122.761655
- 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 McCauley
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sonoma County
- Since McCauley is near Marin County and also Napa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Napa 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 McCauley
Communities Also Named McCauley ...
We found five communities that are also named McCauley.
Within California, the name McCauley is unique.
Beyond California, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Polk County
- This McCauley is located in Polk County and lies 1,598 miles [2,571.7 km]<1> to the east of the McCauley that is located in Sonoma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of McCauley.
- Pennsylvania
- Clarion County
- This McCauley is located in Clarion County and lies 2,280 miles [3,669.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the McCauley that is located in Sonoma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of McCauley.
- Clearfield 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 Pennsylvania community of McCauley [Clearfield County].
- Columbia County
- This McCauley is located in Columbia County and lies 2,443 miles [3,931.6 km] to the east northeast of the McCauley that is located in Sonoma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of McCauley.
- West Virginia
- Hardy County
- This McCauley is located in Hardy County and lies 2,349 miles [3,780.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the McCauley that is located in Sonoma County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardy County community of McCauley.
Curious and Interesting Names Near McCauley ...
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.
- Cherry ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cherry is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry
- Forestville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fredericks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fredericks is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericks
- Freestone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hopyard ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hopyard is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopyard
- Hurlbut
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hurlbut is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurlbut
- Larkfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Larkfield is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkfield
- Orchard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Orchard is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
- Roseland
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Roseland is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Stony Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stony Point is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
How Far From McCauley 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 McCauley 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 McCauley once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in McCauley and extending to:
- Santa Rosa, which is the Seat of Sonoma County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from McCauley to Sacramento, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,439 miles [3,925.2 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 96 days and walking would take 139 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,379 miles [11,875.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,145 miles [13,108.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,209 miles [9,992.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- McCauley) 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 McCauley 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> | 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 McCauley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 McCauley 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 McCauley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4282, Longitude: -122.7617 In this case, the coordinates for McCauley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.561 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.616 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.378 degrees. |
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