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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 Morongo Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Morongo Valley 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 Morongo Valley:
- 34.050467, -116.585281
- 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 Morongo Valley
- 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 San Bernardino County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Bernardino County
- Since Morongo Valley is near Riverside County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Riverside 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 Morongo Valley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Morongo Valley ...
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.
- Bonnie Bell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Desert Edge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Desert Edge is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Edge
- Desert Hot Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flamingo Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Flamingo Heights is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flamingo Heights
- Joshua Tree
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Owl
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Owl is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl
- Palm Wells
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Palm Wells is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Wells
- Pioneertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sky Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Snow Creek is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Creek
How Far From Morongo Valley 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 Morongo Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Morongo Valley and extending to:
- San Bernardino, which is the Seat of San Bernardino County, lies 41 miles [66 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Morongo Valley to San Bernardino, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 414 miles [666.3 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,203 miles [3,545.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 86 days and walking would take 126 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,528 miles [12,115.1 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 8,296 miles [13,351.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,271 miles [10,092.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 '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- Morongo Valley) 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 Morongo Valley 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 Morongo Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0505, Longitude: -116.5853 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.872 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.48 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.679 degrees. |
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