Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Navajo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Navajo and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Navajo
- 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 Navajo:
- 35.378861, -120.282098
- 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 Navajo
- 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 Luis Obispo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for San Luis Obispo County
- Since Navajo is near Kern County and also Monterey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Kern County
- eBird sighting report for Monterey 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Navajo ...
We found seven communities that share the name Navajo.
There is one other community in California which is also named Navajo.
Beyond California, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Apache County
- This Navajo is located in Apache County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<2> to the east of the Navajo that is located in San Luis Obispo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Apache County community of Navajo.
- Mohave County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Mohave County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mohave County community of Navajo.
- Montana
- New Mexico
- Lincoln 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 New Mexico community of Navajo [Lincoln County].
- McKinley County
- This Navajo is located in McKinley County and lies 631 miles [1,015.5 km]<2> to the east of the Navajo that is located in San Luis Obispo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKinley County community of Navajo.
- Rio Arriba County
- This Navajo is located in Rio Arriba County and lies 744 miles [1,197.4 km] to the east northeast of the Navajo that is located in San Luis Obispo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rio Arriba County community of Navajo.
- Arizona
Curious and Interesting Names Near Navajo ...
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.
- California Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for California Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Valley
- California Valley is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Dove ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west) - Eaglet ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Edna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Garden Farms
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Farms
- Garden Farms is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Goldtree
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Henry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Kecks Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kecks Corner. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecks Corner
- Kecks Corner is located in Kern County
- Martinez Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinez Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez Place
- Martinez Place is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Reeds ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Todd Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Todd Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Place
- Todd Place is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Union
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Navajo 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 Navajo 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 community of Navajo once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Navajo and extending to:
- San Luis Obispo, which is the Seat of San Luis Obispo County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Navajo to San Luis Obispo, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 230 miles [370.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,370 miles [3,814.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,527 miles [12,113.5 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 8,296 miles [13,351.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,313 miles [10,159.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for San Luis Obispo County: www.co.slo.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
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 Navajo 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Navajo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Navajo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3789, Longitude: -120.2821 In this case, the coordinates for Navajo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Navajo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <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 Navajo 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 338.122 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.513 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.849 degrees. |