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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 Meloland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meloland 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 Meloland:
- 32.803108, -115.447490
- 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 Meloland
- 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 Imperial County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Imperial 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 Meloland
Curious and Interesting Names Near Meloland ...
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.
- Butlers ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Butlers is located in Imperial County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers
- Citrus View
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Citrus View is located in Imperial County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus View
- Date City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Date City is located in Imperial County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Date City
- Edgar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Edgar is located in Imperial County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
- Fuller
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fuller is located in Imperial County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Imperial
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mayflower ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mayflower is located in Imperial County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower
- Mount Signal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Signal is located in Imperial County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Signal
- Perrys Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Perrys Corner is located in Imperial County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corner
- Rockwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rockwood is located in Imperial County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
How Far From Meloland 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 Meloland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Meloland and extending to:
- El Centro, which is the Seat of Imperial County, lies just to the West.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Meloland to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 30 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 21 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,174 miles [3,498.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 124 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,577 miles [12,194 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 8,344 miles [13,428.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,303 miles [10,143.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Meloland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Meloland 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 Meloland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8031, Longitude: -115.4475 In this case, the coordinates for Meloland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.754 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.026 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.024 degrees. |
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