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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 Napa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Napa 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 Napa:
- 38.297457, -122.293404
- 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 Napa
- 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 Napa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Napa County
- Since Napa is near Sonoma County and also Solano County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sonoma County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Solano 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 Napa
Communities Also Named Napa ...
We found one communities that are also named Napa.
Within California, the name Napa is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Napa in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- South Dakota
- Yankton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Napa [Yankton County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Napa ...
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.
- American Canyon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Atlas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Atlas is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Cuttings Wharf
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cuttings Wharf is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuttings Wharf
- Enchanted Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Enchanted Hills is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Hills
- Four Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Four Corners is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Green Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mission Highlands
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mission Highlands is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Highlands
- Rocktram
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rocktram is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocktram
- Rockville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rockville is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Squab
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Squab is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squab
- Stanley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stanley is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Union
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Vineburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
How Far From Napa 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 city such as Napa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Napa and extending to:
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Napa to Sacramento, with an average speed<4> 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 most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,417 miles [3,889.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 7,379 miles [11,875.3 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 8,145 miles [13,108.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,203 miles [9,982.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Napa 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Napa) 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 Napa 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 Napa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2975, Longitude: -122.2934 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.152 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.119 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.088 degrees. |
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