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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 Melsons Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Melsons Corner 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 Melsons Corner:
- 38.610183, -120.704654
- 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 Melsons Corner
- 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 Melsons Corner is near Amador County and also Calaveras County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Amador County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calaveras 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 Melsons Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Melsons Corner ...
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.
- Cedar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Coyoteville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Coyoteville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyoteville
- Deer Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Park is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Diamond Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- El Dorado
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Fair Play
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fiddletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Five Mile Terrace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Five Mile Terrace is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Mile Terrace
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Grizzly Flatx
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Grizzly Peak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Grizzly Peak is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzly Peak
- Happy Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Valley is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Motor City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Motor City is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motor City
- Sportsman Hall ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sportsman Hall is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsman Hall
- Tiger Lily
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tiger Lily is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Lily
How Far From Melsons Corner 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 Melsons Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Melsons Corner and extending to:
- Placerville, which is the Seat of El Dorado County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Melsons Corner to Placerville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,328 miles [11,793.3 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 8,096 miles [13,029.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,139 miles [9,879.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Melsons Corner) 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 Melsons Corner 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 Melsons Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6102, Longitude: -120.7047 In this case, the coordinates for Melsons Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.851 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.573 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.11 degrees. |
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