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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 Midvalley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Midvalley 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 Midvalley:
- 36.298006, -119.388174
- 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 Midvalley
- 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 Tulare County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tulare County
- Since Midvalley is near Kings County and also Fresno County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kings County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fresno 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 Midvalley
Communities Also Named Midvalley ...
We found two communities that are also named Midvalley.
Within California, the name Midvalley is unique.
Beyond California, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Columbia 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 Pennsylvania community of Midvalley [Columbia County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Midvalley is located in Salt Lake County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Midvalley that is located in Tulare County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Midvalley.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Midvalley ...
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.
- Bean ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bean is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean
- Burr
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Burr is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
- Elba
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Farmersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Giant Oak ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Giant Oak is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giant Oak
- Grey Rocks ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Grey Rocks is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Rocks
- Guernsey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Guernsey is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Home Garden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Home Garden is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Garden
- Ivanhoe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- List
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- List is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for List
- London
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- London is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Merryman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Merryman is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merryman
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rocky Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rocky Hill is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Shell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shell is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell
- Toolville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Toolville is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toolville
- Twin Buttes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Buttes is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Buttes
How Far From Midvalley 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 Midvalley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Midvalley and extending to:
- Visalia, which is the Seat of Tulare County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Midvalley to Sacramento, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,303 miles [3,706.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 131 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,450 miles [11,989.6 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 8,218 miles [13,225.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,233 miles [10,031 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Midvalley 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Midvalley) 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 Midvalley 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 Midvalley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2980, Longitude: -119.3882 In this case, the coordinates for Midvalley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.49 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.802 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.324 degrees. |
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