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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 Old Dale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Dale 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 Old Dale:
- 34.122503, -115.795272
- 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 Old Dale
- 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
- Since Old Dale is near Riverside County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Riverside 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 Old Dale
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Dale ...
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.
- Bush
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bush is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Desert Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Desert Heights is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Heights
- Eagle Mountain ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Mountain is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mountain
- Lost Horse Mine ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lost Horse Mine is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Horse Mine
- Smoke Tree
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Smoke Tree is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Tree
- Sunfair
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sunfair is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfair
- Sunfair Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sunfair Heights is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfair Heights
- Twentynine Palms
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
How Far From Old Dale 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 Old Dale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old Dale and extending to:
- San Bernardino, which is the Seat of San Bernardino County, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<2> to the west. If you could drive a straight line from Old Dale to San Bernardino, with an average speed<3>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 441 miles [709.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,159 miles [3,474.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 123 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,504 miles [12,076.5 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 8,272 miles [13,312.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,241 miles [10,043.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Dale) 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 Old Dale 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 Old Dale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1225, Longitude: -115.7953 In this case, the coordinates for Old Dale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.238 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.716 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.231 degrees. |
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