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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 Mono Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mono Village and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Mono Village:
    • 38.149642, -119.377106
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Mono Village
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Mono Village ...

We found one communities that share the name Mono Village.

There is one other community in California which is also named Mono Village.

Beyond California.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • Tuolumne County
      • This Mono Village is located in Tuolumne County and lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mono Village that is located in Mono County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuolumne County community of Mono Village.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mono Village ...

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.

  • Chinatown ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinatown
    • Chinatown is located in Mono County
  • Dana City ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana City
    • Dana City is located in Mono County
  • Dog Town ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dog Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Town
    • Dog Town is located in Mono County
  • Dunderberg Mill ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunderberg Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunderberg Mill
    • Dunderberg Mill is located in Mono County
  • Lee Vining
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Lower Town
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Town
    • Lower Town is located in Mono County
  • Masonic ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Masonic. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonic
    • Masonic is located in Mono County
  • Mono City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono City
    • Mono City is located in Mono County
  • Mono Lake ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mono Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono Lake
    • Mono Lake is located in Mono County
  • Willow Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
    • Willow Springs is located in Mono County

How Far From Mono Village 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 Mono Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<5> community of Mono Village once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Mono Village and extending to:

  • Bridgeport, which is the Seat of Mono County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mono Village to Bridgeport, with an average speed<6> 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 117 miles [188.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,267 miles [3,648.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 129 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,331 miles [11,798.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,100 miles [13,035.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,126 miles [9,858.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>

The official website for Mono County: www.monocounty.ca.gov/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Mono Village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mono Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1496, Longitude: -119.3771       In this case, the coordinates for Mono Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mono Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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.
<7>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 Mono Village to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.697 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.163 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.309 degrees.




 

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