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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Panoche 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 Panoche:
- 36.596944, -120.833611
- 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
- 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 Benito County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Benito County
- Since Panoche is near Fresno County and also Merced County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fresno County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Merced 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Panoche ...
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.
- Bitterwater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harlem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harlem is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Pinnacles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Three Rocks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Three Rocks is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rocks
- Wood Ranch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wood Ranch is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Ranch
How Far From Panoche 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 to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Panoche and extending to:
- Hollister, which is the Seat of San Benito County, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Panoche to Hollister, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 141 miles [226.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,373 miles [3,819 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,460 miles [12,005.7 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 8,228 miles [13,241.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,260 miles [10,074.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Panoche) 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 Panoche 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5969, Longitude: -120.8336 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.735 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.324 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.192 degrees. |
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