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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 Paige, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paige 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 Paige:
- 36.181895, -119.420674
- 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 Paige
- 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 Tulare County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tulare County
- Since Paige is near Kings County and also Fresno County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kings 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 Paige
Communities Also Named Paige ...
We found four communities that are also named Paige.
Within California, the name Paige is unique.
Beyond California, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Alger County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Paige [Alger County].
- North Carolina
- Pitt County
- This Paige is located in Pitt County and lies 2,332 miles [3,753 km]<2> to the east of the Paige that is located in Tulare County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Paige.
- Texas
- Bastrop County
- This Paige is located in Bastrop County and lies 1,349 miles [2,171 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Paige that is located in Tulare County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bastrop County community of Paige.
- Virginia
- Caroline County
- This Paige is located in Caroline County and lies 2,296 miles [3,695.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Paige that is located in Tulare County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Paige.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Paige ...
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.
- Bean ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bean is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean
- Elba
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elba is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Farmersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Giant Oak ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Giant Oak is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giant Oak
- Guernsey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Guernsey is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Harmony
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Harmony is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Helm Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Helm Corner is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helm Corner
- Home Garden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Home Garden is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Garden
- Pleasant Grove ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Quail
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Quail is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail
- Shell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shell is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell
How Far From Paige 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 Paige to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Paige and extending to:
- Visalia, which is the Seat of Tulare County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Paige to Visalia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 200 miles [321.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,307 miles [3,712.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 131 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,458 miles [12,002.5 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 8,226 miles [13,238.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,241 miles [10,043.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Paige could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Paige) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Paige 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 Paige. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1819, Longitude: -119.4207 In this case, the coordinates for Paige have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.503 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.81 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.343 degrees. |
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