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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 Pastoria de Las Borregas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pastoria de Las Borregas and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pastoria de Las Borregas
- 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 Pastoria de Las Borregas:
- 37.389108, -122.020238
- 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 Pastoria de Las Borregas
- 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 Santa Clara County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Clara County
- Since Pastoria de Las Borregas is near Alameda County and also San Mateo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alameda County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Mateo 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 Pastoria de Las Borregas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pastoria de Las Borregas ...
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.
- Blossom Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Blossom Valley is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom Valley
- Castro City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Castro City is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castro City
- Drawbridge ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Drawbridge is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawbridge
- Former name for Drawbridge:
- Saline City
- Green Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Green Acres is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Greenmeadow
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenmeadow is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmeadow
- Meadow Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow Park is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
- Meridian
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Meridian is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Mountain View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Neal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Neal is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
How Far From Pastoria de Las Borregas 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 Pastoria de Las Borregas to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pastoria de Las Borregas and extending to:
- San Jose, which is the Seat of Santa Clara County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Pastoria de Las Borregas to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,420 miles [3,894.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 138 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,432 miles [11,960.6 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 8,199 miles [13,195 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,249 miles [10,056.8 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pastoria de Las Borregas) 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 Pastoria de Las Borregas 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 Pastoria de Las Borregas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3891, Longitude: -122.0202 In this case, the coordinates for Pastoria de Las Borregas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.825 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.681 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.919 degrees. |
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