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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 Parkfield Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Parkfield Junction 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 Parkfield Junction:
- 36.082011, -120.480561
- 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 Parkfield Junction
- 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 Fresno County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fresno County
- Since Parkfield Junction is near Monterey County and also San Benito County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monterey County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Benito 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 Parkfield Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Parkfield Junction ...
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.
- Calflax
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Calflax is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calflax
- Murray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Murray is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Reef Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reef Station is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reef Station
- Three Rocks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Three Rocks is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rocks
How Far From Parkfield Junction to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Parkfield Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Parkfield Junction and extending to:
- Fresno, which is the Seat of Fresno County, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Parkfield Junction to Fresno, with an average speed<2> 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 about three full days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 181 miles [291.3 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 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,365 miles [3,806.1 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 7,486 miles [12,047.5 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 8,255 miles [13,285.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,279 miles [10,105.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Parkfield Junction) 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 Parkfield Junction 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 Parkfield Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0820, Longitude: -120.4806 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.377 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.862 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.976 degrees. |
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