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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 Quintette, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Quintette 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 Quintette:
- 38.914568, -120.686507
- 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 Quintette
- 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 El Dorado County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for El Dorado County
- Since Quintette is near Placer County and also Nevada County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Placer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nevada 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 Quintette
Communities Also Named Quintette ...
We found one communities that are also named Quintette.
Within California, the name Quintette is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Quintette in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Escambia County
- This Quintette is located in Escambia County and lies 1,963 miles [3,159.1 km]<1> to the east of the Quintette that is located in El Dorado County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Quintette.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Quintette ...
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.
- Bath ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bath is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Buckeye
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Buckeye is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Deer View
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Deer View is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer View
- Four Acres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Four Acres is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Acres
- Garden Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Meadow Brook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Brook is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
- Michigan Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Soapweed
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Soapweed is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soapweed
- Spanish Flat
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spanish Flat is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Flat
- Todd Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Todd Valley is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Valley
- Volcanoville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Volcanoville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volcanoville
How Far From Quintette 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 Quintette to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Quintette and extending to:
- Placerville, which is the Seat of El Dorado County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Quintette to Placerville, 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 four to five hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 48 miles [77.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,322 miles [3,736.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,308 miles [11,761.1 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 8,076 miles [12,997.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,121 miles [9,850.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Quintette) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Quintette 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 Quintette. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9146, Longitude: -120.6865 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.867 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.609 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.095 degrees. |
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