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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 Potrero, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Potrero 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 Potrero:
- 32.607782, -116.613266
- 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 Potrero
- 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
- Since Potrero is near Imperial County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Imperial 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 Potrero
Communities Also Named Potrero ...
We found two communities that are also named Potrero.
There is one other community in California that is also named Potrero.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Potrero in the United States.
- Communities Located In California ...
- San Francisco County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Potrero [San Francisco County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Mexico
- Santa Fe County
- This Potrero is located in Santa Fe County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Potrero that is located in San Diego County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Fe County community of Potrero.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Potrero ...
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.
- Alpine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Boulder Oaks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boulder Oaks is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Oaks
- Clover Flat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Clover Flat is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Flat
- Doghouse Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Doghouse Junction is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doghouse Junction
- Engineer Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Indian Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Springs is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Live Oak Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Live Oak Springs is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Springs
- Stallion Oaks
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Stallion Oaks is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallion Oaks
- Tecate
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
How Far From Potrero 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 Potrero to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Potrero and extending to:
- San Diego, which is the Seat of San Diego County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Potrero to San Diego, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 494 miles [795 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,241 miles [3,606.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 128 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,619 miles [12,261.6 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 8,387 miles [13,497.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,353 miles [10,224.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Potrero 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Potrero) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Potrero 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 Potrero. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6078, Longitude: -116.6133 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.675 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.135 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.674 degrees. |
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