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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 Mormon Bar, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mormon Bar 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 Mormon Bar:
- 37.462161, -119.947949
- 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 Mormon Bar
- 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 Mariposa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mariposa County
- Since Mormon Bar is near Madera County and also Merced County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madera County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Merced 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 Mormon Bar
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mormon Bar ...
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.
- Bear Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Valley is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Ben Hur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ben Hur is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
- Bootjack
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bootjack is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootjack
- Clearing House
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Clearing House is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearing House
- Elliott Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elliott Corner is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Corner
- Fish Camp
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Grub Gulch ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grub Gulch is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grub Gulch
- Hillside ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hillside is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Indian Gulch ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Indian Gulch is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Gulch
- Raymond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Raymond is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Split Rock Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Split Rock Ferry is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock Ferry
- Sugar Pine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sugar Pine is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Pine
- Yosemite Forks
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Yosemite Forks is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Forks
How Far From Mormon Bar 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 Mormon Bar 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<2> community of Mormon Bar once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Mormon Bar and extending to:
- Mariposa, which is the Seat of Mariposa County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Mormon Bar to Sacramento, with an average speed<4>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 2,309 miles [3,716 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,387 miles [11,888.2 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 8,155 miles [13,124.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,183 miles [9,950.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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> | 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 Mormon Bar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mormon Bar) 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 Mormon Bar 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 Mormon Bar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4622, Longitude: -119.9479 In this case, the coordinates for Mormon Bar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.095 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.60 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.659 degrees. |
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