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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 Mission Highlands, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mission Highlands 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 Mission Highlands:
- 38.319636, -122.457758
- 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 Mission Highlands
- 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 Sonoma County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sonoma County
- Since Mission Highlands is near Napa County and also Marin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Napa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marin 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 Mission Highlands
Communities Also Named Mission Highlands ...
We found one communities that are also named Mission Highlands.
Within California, the name Mission Highlands is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Mission Highlands in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Johnson 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 Kansas community of Mission Highlands [Johnson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mission Highlands ...
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.
- Beltaine ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Beltaine is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltaine
- Cuttings Wharf
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cuttings Wharf is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuttings Wharf
- Enchanted Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Enchanted Hills is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Hills
- Fairville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fairville is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Four Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Four Corners is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Glen Ellen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Haystack
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Haystack is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haystack
- Lakeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeville is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Lawndale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lawndale is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
- Rocktram
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rocktram is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocktram
- Stanley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stanley is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Vineburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wildwood ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Mission Highlands 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 Mission Highlands to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Mission Highlands and extending to:
- Santa Rosa, which is the Seat of Sonoma County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mission Highlands to Santa Rosa, 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 five to six hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,425 miles [3,902.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 138 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,380 miles [11,877 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 8,146 miles [13,109.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,207 miles [9,989.2 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 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 Mission Highlands 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Mission Highlands) 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 Mission Highlands 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 Mission Highlands. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3196, Longitude: -122.4578 In this case, the coordinates for Mission Highlands have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.293 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.289 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.19 degrees. |
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