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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 Poway Grove Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Poway Grove Park and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Poway Grove Park:
    • 32.940879, -117.065310
    • 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 Poway Grove Park
  • 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
  • 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 Poway Grove Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Poway Grove Park ...

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.

  • Allied Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Allied Gardens is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allied Gardens
  • Eden Gardens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Eden Gardens is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Gardens
  • Elfin Forest
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Elfin Forest is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elfin Forest
  • Eucalyptus Hills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Eucalyptus Hills is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eucalyptus Hills
  • Fernbrook
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Fernbrook is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbrook
  • Glenview
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Glenview is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
  • Grantville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Grantville is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
  • Harmony Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Harmony Grove is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
  • Lakeview
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakeview is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Riverview
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Riverview is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Rock Haven ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rock Haven is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Haven
  • Shady Dell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Shady Dell is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Dell
  • University City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • University City is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
  • Winter Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Winter Gardens is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Gardens

How Far From Poway Grove Park 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 Poway Grove Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Poway Grove Park and extending to:

  • San Diego, which is the Seat of San Diego County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Poway Grove Park to San Diego, with an average speed<2> 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 461 miles [741.9 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 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,257 miles [3,632.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 129 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,609 miles [12,245.5 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 8,377 miles [13,481.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,350 miles [10,219.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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- Poway Grove Park) 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 Poway Grove Park 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 Poway Grove Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9409, Longitude: -117.0653       In this case, the coordinates for Poway Grove Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.099 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.677 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.936 degrees.