Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in New Brighton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Brighton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for New Brighton
- 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 New Brighton:
- 36.979951, -121.934681
- 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 New Brighton
- 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 Cruz County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Santa Cruz County
- Since New Brighton is near Santa Clara County and also Monterey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Santa Clara 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 New Brighton ...
We found five communities that share the name New Brighton.
Within California, the name New Brighton is unique.
Beyond California, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This New Brighton lies 864 miles [1,390.5 km]<1> to the north of the New Brighton that is located in Santa Cruz County.
- Kansas
- Jackson 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 Kansas community of New Brighton [Jackson County].
- Minnesota
- Ramsey County
- This New Brighton is located in Ramsey County and lies 1,587 miles [2,554 km]<1> to the east northeast of the New Brighton that is located in Santa Cruz County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ramsey County community of New Brighton.
- New York
- Richmond County
- This New Brighton is located in Richmond County and lies 2,554 miles [4,110.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the New Brighton that is located in Santa Cruz County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of New Brighton.
- Pennsylvania
- Beaver County
- This New Brighton is located in Beaver County and lies 2,232 miles [3,592.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the New Brighton that is located in Santa Cruz County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of New Brighton.
- British Columbia
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Brighton ...
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.
- Day Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Valley
- Day Valley is located in Santa Cruz County
- Freedom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Freedom is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freedom <3>
- Leonard ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Magnetic Spring ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnetic Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Spring
- Magnetic Spring is located in Santa Cruz County
- Opal Cliffs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal Cliffs
- Opal Cliffs is located in Santa Cruz County
- Paradise Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Park
- Paradise Park is located in Santa Cruz County
- Rob Roy Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rob Roy Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy Junction
- Rob Roy Junction is located in Santa Cruz County
- Seabright
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Seacliff ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Twin Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Twin Lakes is located in Santa Cruz County
How Far From New Brighton 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 New Brighton 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<5> community of New Brighton once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in New Brighton and extending to:
- Santa Cruz, which is the Seat of Santa Cruz County, lies just to the West.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from New Brighton to Sacramento, with an average speed<6>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 2,423 miles [3,899.4 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,457 miles [12,000.9 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 8,224 miles [13,235.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,270 miles [10,090.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Santa Cruz County: www.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Brighton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Brighton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9800, Longitude: -121.9347 In this case, the coordinates for New Brighton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 New Brighton 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> | 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> | 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 New Brighton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 New Brighton 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 339.707 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.518 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.864 degrees. |