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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 McKittrick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McKittrick 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 McKittrick:
    • 35.305525, -119.623058
    • 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 McKittrick
  • 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 Kern County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kern County
    • Since McKittrick is near San Luis Obispo County and also Santa Barbara County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for San Luis Obispo County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Barbara 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 McKittrick

Communities Also Named McKittrick ...

We found one communities that are also named McKittrick.

Within California, the name McKittrick is unique.

Beyond California, there is another community also named McKittrick in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Montgomery County
      • This McKittrick is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,565 miles [2,518.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the McKittrick that is located in Kern County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of McKittrick.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McKittrick ...

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.

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

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

  • Bakersfield, which is the Seat of Kern County, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from McKittrick to Bakersfield, with an average speed<3> 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 248 miles [399.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,337 miles [3,761 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,518 miles [12,099 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 8,287 miles [13,336.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,297 miles [10,134 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McKittrick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 McKittrick 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 McKittrick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3055, Longitude: -119.6231    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.56 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.827 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.457 degrees.