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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 Paradise Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paradise Hills 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 Paradise Hills:
    • 32.678502, -117.057026
    • 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 Paradise Hills
  • 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 Diego County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for San Diego 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 Paradise Hills

Communities Also Named Paradise Hills ...

We found six communities that are also named Paradise Hills.

Within California, the name Paradise Hills is unique.

Beyond California, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Jefferson County
      • This Paradise Hills is located in Jefferson County and lies 816 miles [1,313.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Paradise Hills that is located in San Diego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Paradise Hills.
    • Kentucky
      • Lyon County
      • This Paradise Hills is located in Lyon County and lies 1,664 miles [2,677.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Paradise Hills that is located in San Diego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Paradise Hills.
    • New Mexico
      • Bernalillo County
      • This Paradise Hills is located in Bernalillo County and lies 617 miles [993 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Paradise Hills that is located in San Diego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bernalillo County community of Paradise Hills.
    • Ohio
      • Adams County
      • This Paradise Hills is located in Adams County and lies 1,908 miles [3,070.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Paradise Hills that is located in San Diego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Paradise Hills.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Paradise Hills is located in Davis County and lies 634 miles [1,020.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Paradise Hills that is located in San Diego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Paradise Hills.
      • Weber County
      • This Paradise Hills is located in Weber County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km] to the north northeast of the Paradise Hills that is located in San Diego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Paradise Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Paradise Hills ...

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.

How Far From Paradise Hills 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 Paradise Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • San Diego, which is the Seat of San Diego County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Paradise Hills to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 28 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 19 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,263 miles [3,641.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 129 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,625 miles [12,271.2 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 8,393 miles [13,507.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,364 miles [10,241.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Paradise Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Paradise Hills 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 Paradise Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6785, Longitude: -117.0570    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.051 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.60 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.926 degrees.