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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 Punta De Pinos, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Punta De Pinos 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 Punta De Pinos:
- 36.616904, -121.940789
- 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 Punta De Pinos
- 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 Punta De Pinos 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 Punta De Pinos
Curious and Interesting Names Near Punta De Pinos ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cannery Row is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannery Row
- Carmel-by-the-Sea
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- James Meadows
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- James Meadows is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Meadows
- Marina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pebble Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Quail Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 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 east)
- Seaside
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Punta De Pinos 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 Punta De Pinos to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Punta De Pinos and extending to:
- Salinas, which is the Seat of Monterey County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Punta De Pinos to Salinas, with an average speed<3> 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 137 miles [220.5 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 2,431 miles [3,912.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,481 miles [12,039.5 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 8,248 miles [13,273.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,291 miles [10,124.4 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Punta De Pinos) 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 Punta De Pinos 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 Punta De Pinos. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6169, Longitude: -121.9408 In this case, the coordinates for Punta De Pinos have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.671 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.457 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.864 degrees. |
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