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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 Mentone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mentone 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 Mentone:
- 34.070038, -117.129831
- 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 Mentone
- 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 San Bernardino County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Bernardino County
- Since Mentone is near Riverside County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Riverside 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 Mentone
Communities Also Named Mentone ...
We found five communities that are also named Mentone.
There is one other community in California that is also named Mentone.
Beyond California, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Los Angeles County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Mentone [Los Angeles County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- DeKalb County
- This Mentone is located in DeKalb County and lies 1,791 miles [2,882.3 km]<2> to the east of the Mentone that is located in San Bernardino County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Mentone.
- Indiana
- Kosciusko County
- This Mentone is located in Kosciusko County and lies 1,759 miles [2,830.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Mentone that is located in San Bernardino County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kosciusko County community of Mentone.
- Texas
- Loving County
- This Mentone is located in Loving County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<2> to the east of the Mentone that is located in San Bernardino County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loving County community of Mentone.
- Wisconsin
- Wood County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Mentone [Wood County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mentone ...
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.
- Amber Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Amber Hills is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber Hills
- Crown Jewel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Crown Jewel is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Jewel
- Greensport
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Greensport is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensport
- Greenspot ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Greenspot is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenspot
- Harlem Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harlem Springs is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem Springs
- Highland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marigold
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Moonlight Rim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Moonlight Rim is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonlight Rim
- Mound City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mound City is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Nevada
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Nevada is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Smiley Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smiley Heights is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiley Heights
- Sunkist
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sunkist is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist
- University Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- University Village is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
How Far From Mentone 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 Mentone to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mentone and extending to:
- San Bernardino, which is the Seat of San Bernardino County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mentone to San Bernardino, with an average speed<4> 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 394 miles [634.1 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,232 miles [3,592.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 127 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,540 miles [12,134.5 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 8,308 miles [13,370.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,288 miles [10,119.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Mentone 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Mentone) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Mentone 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 Mentone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0700, Longitude: -117.1298 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.322 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.028 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.99 degrees. |
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