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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 New Dunn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Dunn 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 New Dunn:
- 35.049427, -116.426135
- 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 New Dunn
- 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
- 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 New Dunn
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Dunn ...
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.
- Basin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Basin is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin
- Echo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Echo is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Gale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gale is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gale
- Harvard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harvard is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Hector
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hector is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector
- King ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- King is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Minneola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Minneola is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneola
- Poe ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Poe is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Zzyzx
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Zzyzx is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zzyzx
- Former names for Zzyzx:
- Camp Soda
- Soda Springs
How Far From New Dunn 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 Dunn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in New Dunn and extending to:
- San Bernardino, which is the Seat of San Bernardino County, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could drive a straight line from New Dunn to San Bernardino, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 370 miles [595.5 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,172 miles [3,495.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 124 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,461 miles [12,007.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,230 miles [13,244.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,210 miles [9,994 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Dunn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Dunn 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 New Dunn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0494, Longitude: -116.4261 In this case, the coordinates for New Dunn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.884 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.567 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.592 degrees. |
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