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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 North Placerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Placerville 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 North Placerville:
- 38.754902, -120.831603
- 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 North Placerville
- 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 El Dorado County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for El Dorado County
- Since North Placerville is near Amador County and also Placer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Amador County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Placer 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 North Placerville
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Placerville ...
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.
- Apex
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Apex is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Cold Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Springs is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Deer Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Deer Park is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Diamond Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- El Dorado
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Five Mile Terrace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Five Mile Terrace is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Mile Terrace
- Gold Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gold Hill is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Gold Trail Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Gold Trail Park is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Trail Park
- Kingsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kingsville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
- Lotus
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Motor City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Motor City is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motor City
- Perks Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Perks Corner is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perks Corner
- Spanish Flat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spanish Flat is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Flat
- Tiger Lily
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tiger Lily is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Lily
How Far From North Placerville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as North Placerville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Placerville and extending to:
- Placerville, which is the Seat of El Dorado County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from North Placerville to Sacramento, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,332 miles [3,753 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 91 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,321 miles [11,782 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 8,089 miles [13,018 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,134 miles [9,871.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<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 drawn from Point A (ie- North Placerville) 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 North Placerville 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 North Placerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7549, Longitude: -120.8316 In this case, the coordinates for North Placerville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.972 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.726 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.186 degrees. |
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