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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 Oteys Sierra Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oteys Sierra Village 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 Oteys Sierra Village:
- 37.358541, -118.459280
- 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 Oteys Sierra Village
- 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 Inyo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Inyo County
- Since Oteys Sierra Village is near Mono County and also Fresno County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mono County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fresno 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 Oteys Sierra Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oteys Sierra Village ...
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 Pine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glacier Lodge ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Glacier Lodge is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glacier Lodge
- Laws
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Laws is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
- Former name for Laws:
- Bishop Depot
- Parchers Camp ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Parchers Camp is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parchers Camp
- Rocking K
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rocking K is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocking K
- Round Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Round Valley is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
- Scheelite ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Scheelite is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scheelite
How Far From Oteys Sierra Village 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 Oteys Sierra Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Oteys Sierra Village once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Oteys Sierra Village and extending to:
- Independence, which is the Seat of Inyo County, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Oteys Sierra Village to Independence, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 185 miles [297.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,233 miles [3,593.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 127 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,362 miles [11,848 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,131 miles [13,085.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,144 miles [9,887.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Oteys Sierra Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Oteys Sierra Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Oteys Sierra Village 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 Oteys Sierra Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3585, Longitude: -118.4593 In this case, the coordinates for Oteys Sierra Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.848 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.094 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.768 degrees. |
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