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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 Panorama Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Panorama Heights and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Panorama Heights:
    • 35.806233, -118.629697
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Panorama Heights
  • 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:
    • eBird sighting report for Tulare County
    • Since Panorama Heights is near Kern County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
    • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Panorama Heights ...

We found seven communities that share the name Panorama Heights.

There are two communities within California that are also named Panorama Heights.

Beyond California, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • Orange County
      • This Panorama Heights is located in Orange County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Panorama Heights that is located in Tulare County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Panorama Heights.
    • San Bernardino County
      • This Panorama Heights is located in San Bernardino County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Panorama Heights that is located in Tulare County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Panorama Heights.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Panorama Heights lies 1,251 miles [2,013.3 km]<1> to the north of the Panorama Heights that is located in Tulare County.
    • Colorado
      • Jefferson County
      • This Panorama Heights is located in Jefferson County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Panorama Heights that is located in Tulare County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Panorama Heights.
    • New Mexico
      • Sandoval County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Panorama Heights [Sandoval County].
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • This Panorama Heights is located in Weber County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Panorama Heights that is located in Tulare County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Panorama Heights.
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke City
      • This Panorama Heights is located in Roanoke City and lies 2,130 miles [3,427.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Panorama Heights that is located in Tulare County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Panorama Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Panorama Heights ...

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.

  • Balance Rock ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Balance Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balance Rock
    • Balance Rock is located in Tulare County
  • California Hot Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Glennville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Guernsey Mill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guernsey Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey Mill
    • Guernsey Mill is located in Tulare County
  • Idlewild
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Idlewild have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
    • Idlewild is located in Tulare County
  • Pleasant View
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
    • Pleasant View is located in Tulare County
  • Posey
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Sugarloaf Mountain Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugarloaf Mountain Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Mountain Park
    • Sugarloaf Mountain Park is located in Tulare County
  • Sugarloaf Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugarloaf Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Village
    • Sugarloaf Village is located in Tulare County

How Far From Panorama Heights 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 Panorama Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Panorama Heights and extending to:

  • Visalia, which is the Seat of Tulare County, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Panorama Heights to Visalia, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 247 miles [397.5 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,273 miles [3,658 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 130 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,464 miles [12,012.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,233 miles [13,249.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,238 miles [10,039.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Panorama Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tulare County: www.co.tulare.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Panorama Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Panorama Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8062, Longitude: -118.6297    
<2>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 Panorama Heights 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.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Panorama Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.798 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.934 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.874 degrees.




 

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