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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 Panoche de San Juan Y Los Carrisali, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Panoche de San Juan Y Los Carrisali and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Panoche de San Juan Y Los Carrisali
  • 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 Panoche de San Juan Y Los Carrisali:
    • 36.887170, -120.978803
    • 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 Panoche de San Juan Y Los Carrisali
  • 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 Merced County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Merced County
    • Since Panoche de San Juan Y Los Carrisali is near San Benito County and also Fresno County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for San Benito 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 Panoche de San Juan Y Los Carrisali

Curious and Interesting Names Near Panoche de San Juan Y Los Carrisali ...

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.

  • Cottage Corners
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Cottage Corners is located in San Benito County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Corners
  • Morse
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Morse is located in San Benito County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
  • Pinnacles
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Pinnacles is located in San Benito County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacles
  • Vineyard ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Vineyard is located in San Benito County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
  • Volta
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Volta is located in Merced County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volta
  • Wood Ranch
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Wood Ranch is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Ranch

How Far From Panoche de San Juan Y Los Carrisali to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Panoche de San Juan Y Los Carrisali to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Panoche de San Juan Y Los Carrisali and extending to:

  • Merced, which is the Seat of Merced County, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Panoche de San Juan Y Los Carrisali to Merced, with an average speed<2> 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 120 miles [193.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 2,375 miles [3,822.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,445 miles [11,981.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,212 miles [13,215.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,247 miles [10,053.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Panoche de San Juan Y Los Carrisali) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Panoche de San Juan Y Los Carrisali 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 Panoche de San Juan Y Los Carrisali. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8872, Longitude: -120.9788       In this case, the coordinates for Panoche de San Juan Y Los Carrisali have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.891 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.528 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.282 degrees.