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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 Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mission Springs 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 Springs:
- 37.066337, -122.032462
- 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 Springs
- 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 Santa Cruz County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Cruz County
- Since Mission Springs is near Santa Clara County and also San Mateo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Clara County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Mateo 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 Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mission Springs ...
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.
- Bonny Doon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Boulder Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Park is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Forest Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Springs is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Springs
- Highland ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Holy City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holy City is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy City
- Magnetic Spring ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Magnetic Spring is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Spring
- Majors
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Majors is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majors
- Opal Cliffs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Opal Cliffs is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal Cliffs
- Paradise Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Paradise Park is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Park
- Petroleum ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Petroleum is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Seabright
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Seabright is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabright
- Twin Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Wildwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Mission Springs 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 Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mission Springs and extending to:
- Santa Cruz, which is the Seat of Santa Cruz County, lies just to the South.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Mission Springs to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,427 miles [3,905.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,454 miles [11,996.1 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 8,221 miles [13,230.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,268 miles [10,087.4 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mission Springs) 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 Mission Springs 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 Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0663, Longitude: -122.0325 In this case, the coordinates for Mission Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.799 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.634 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.924 degrees. |
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