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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 Peaceful Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Peaceful Valley 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 Peaceful Valley:
- 37.985512, -120.318288
- 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 Peaceful Valley
- 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 Tuolumne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tuolumne County
- Since Peaceful Valley is near Calaveras County and also Mariposa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calaveras County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mariposa 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 Peaceful Valley
Communities Also Named Peaceful Valley ...
We found six communities that are also named Peaceful Valley.
Within California, the name Peaceful Valley is unique.
Beyond California, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Boulder County
- This Peaceful Valley is located in Boulder County and lies 807 miles [1,298.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Peaceful Valley that is located in Tuolumne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boulder County community of Peaceful Valley.
- Maryland
- Carroll County
- This Peaceful Valley is located in Carroll County and lies 2,317 miles [3,728.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Peaceful Valley that is located in Tuolumne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Peaceful Valley.
- Ohio
- Fulton County
- This Peaceful Valley is located in Fulton County and lies 1,930 miles [3,106 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Peaceful Valley that is located in Tuolumne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Peaceful Valley.
- Pennsylvania
- Butler County
- This Peaceful Valley is located in Butler County and lies 2,147 miles [3,455.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Peaceful Valley that is located in Tuolumne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Peaceful Valley.
- Texas
- Smith 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 Texas community of Peaceful Valley [Smith County].
- Washington
- Whatcom County
- This Peaceful Valley is located in Whatcom County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km]<1> to the north of the Peaceful Valley that is located in Tuolumne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whatcom County community of Peaceful Valley.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Peaceful Valley ...
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.
- Cherokee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cherokee is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
- Crystal Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Falls is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Falls
- Mono Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mono Village is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono Village
- Mono Vista
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Quail Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Quail Hollow is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Ralph
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ralph is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Scenic Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Scenic Brook is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Brook
- Scenic Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Scenic Heights is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Heights
- Scenic View
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Scenic View is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic View
- Standard
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sunshine Camp
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sunshine Camp is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Camp
- Willow Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Willow Springs is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
How Far From Peaceful Valley 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 Peaceful Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Peaceful Valley and extending to:
- Sonora, which is the Seat of Tuolumne County, lies just to the West.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Peaceful Valley to Sacramento, with an average speed<4>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 2,319 miles [3,732.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,361 miles [11,846.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,129 miles [13,082.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,164 miles [9,920 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Peaceful Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Peaceful Valley 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Peaceful Valley 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 Peaceful Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9855, Longitude: -120.3183 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.462 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.071 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.88 degrees. |
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