Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in North Wawona, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Wawona and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for North Wawona

• 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 Wawona:
  • 37.548547, -119.640990
  • 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 Wawona

• 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 Mariposa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mariposa County
  • Since North Wawona is near Madera County and also Tuolumne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Madera County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tuolumne 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 Wawona

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Wawona ...

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.

• Big Tree
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Big Tree is located in Mariposa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Tree
• Bootjack
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bootjack is located in Mariposa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootjack
• Clearing House
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Clearing House is located in Mariposa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearing House
• Curry Village
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Curry Village is located in Mariposa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Village
• Elliott Corner
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Elliott Corner is located in Mariposa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Corner
• Fish Camp
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Fish Camp is located in Mariposa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Camp
  • Former name for Fish Camp:
  • Summerdale
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fish Camp <1>
• Sugar Pine
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Sugar Pine is located in Madera County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Pine
• Yosemite Forks
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Yosemite Forks is located in Madera County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Forks
• Yosemite Valley
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Yosemite Valley is located in Mariposa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Valley
• Yosemite Village
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Yosemite Village is located in Mariposa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Village

How Far From North Wawona 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 North Wawona 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 Wawona and extending to:

• Mariposa, which is the Seat of Mariposa County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from North Wawona to Mariposa, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
• Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 123 miles [197.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,291 miles [3,687 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 131 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,375 miles [11,868.9 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 8,143 miles [13,104.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,169 miles [9,928 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'