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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 River, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old River 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 River:
- 35.267184, -119.108995
- 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 River
- 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 Kern County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kern 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 River
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old River ...
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.
- Bannister
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bannister is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannister
- Fruitvale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fruitvale is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Greenacres
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Greenfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greenfield is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Gulf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gulf is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf
- Panama
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Panama is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama
- Pumpkin Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Quailwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Quailwood is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quailwood
- Rosedale ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rosedale is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Strand ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Strand is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strand
How Far From Old River 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 River 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 River and extending to:
- Bakersfield, which is the Seat of Kern County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Old River to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,310 miles [3,717.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,509 miles [12,084.6 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 8,278 miles [13,322.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,283 miles [10,111.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old River) 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 River 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 River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2672, Longitude: -119.1090 In this case, the coordinates for Old River have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.126 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.298 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.153 degrees. |
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