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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 Monroe Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Monroe Park 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 Monroe Park:
- 37.407778, -122.115278
- 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 Monroe Park
- 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 Clara County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Clara County
- Since Monroe Park is near San Mateo County and also Alameda County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Mateo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alameda 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 Monroe Park
Communities Also Named Monroe Park ...
We found two communities that are also named Monroe Park.
Within California, the name Monroe Park is unique.
Beyond California, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- This Monroe Park is located in New Castle County and lies 2,487 miles [4,002.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Monroe Park that is located in Santa Clara County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Monroe Park.
- North Carolina
- Lee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Monroe Park [Lee County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Monroe Park ...
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.
- Blossom Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blossom Valley is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom Valley
- Castro City
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Castro City is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castro City
- Crescent Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent Park is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Park
- Evergreen Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Park is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Park
- Green Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Green Acres is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Greenmeadow
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Greenmeadow is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmeadow
- Meadow Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Meadow Park is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
- Mountain View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Neal
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Neal is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Professorville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Professorville is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Professorville
How Far From Monroe Park to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Monroe Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Monroe Park and extending to:
- San Jose, which is the Seat of Santa Clara County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Monroe Park to San Jose, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 87 miles [140 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,424 miles [3,901 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 7,433 miles [11,962.3 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 8,200 miles [13,196.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,250 miles [10,058.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Monroe Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Monroe Park 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. |
| <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 Monroe Park 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 Monroe Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4078, Longitude: -122.1153 In this case, the coordinates for Monroe Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.907 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.781 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.977 degrees. |
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