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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 Melones, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Melones 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 Melones:
- 38.011968, -120.498231
- 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 Melones
- 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 Calaveras County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calaveras County
- Since Melones is near Tuolumne County and also Stanislaus County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuolumne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stanislaus 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 Melones
Curious and Interesting Names Near Melones ...
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.
- Angels Camp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Angels City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Angels City is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels City
- Heavenly Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heavenly Hills is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heavenly Hills
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Martinez
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
- Montezuma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Montezuma is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Parrotts Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Parrotts Ferry is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrotts Ferry
- Peppermint Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Peppermint Creek is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppermint Creek
- Quail Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Quail Hollow is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Quartz
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Quartz is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartz
- Rawhide
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rolling Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rolling Hills is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Squabbletown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woods Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woods Crossing is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Crossing
- Yankee Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Yankee Hill is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Hill
How Far From Melones to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Melones 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<2> community of Melones once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Melones and extending to:
- San Andreas, which is the Seat of Calaveras County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Melones to San Andreas, 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 66 miles [106.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,328 miles [3,746.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,363 miles [11,849.6 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 8,131 miles [13,085.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,168 miles [9,926.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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> | 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 Melones, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Melones) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Melones 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 Melones. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0120, Longitude: -120.4982 In this case, the coordinates for Melones have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.615 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.257 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.989 degrees. |
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