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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 Pescadero, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pescadero 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 Pescadero:
- 36.579960, -121.938844
- 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 Pescadero
- 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 Monterey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monterey County
- Since Pescadero is near Santa Cruz County and also San Benito County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Cruz 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 Pescadero
Communities Also Named Pescadero ...
We found two communities that are also named Pescadero.
There is one other community in California that is also named Pescadero.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Pescadero in the United States.
- Communities Located In California ...
- San Mateo County
- This Pescadero is located in San Mateo County and lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Pescadero that is located in Monterey County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Mateo County community of Pescadero.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Bear Lake 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 Idaho community of Pescadero [Bear Lake County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pescadero ...
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.
- Cannery Row
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cannery Row is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannery Row
- Carmel-by-the-Sea
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- James Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- James Meadows is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Meadows
- Marina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pebble Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Quail Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Quail Meadows is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Meadows
- Sand City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Seaside
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Pescadero 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 Pescadero to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pescadero and extending to:
- Salinas, which is the Seat of Monterey County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pescadero to Salinas, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 140 miles [225.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,432 miles [3,913.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 139 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,483 miles [12,042.7 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 8,251 miles [13,278.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,294 miles [10,129.2 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 from Point A (ie- Pescadero) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Pescadero 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 Pescadero 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 Pescadero. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5800, Longitude: -121.9388 In this case, the coordinates for Pescadero have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.665 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.448 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.863 degrees. |
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