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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 Rio Jesus Maria, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rio Jesus Maria 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 Rio Jesus Maria:
- 38.734070, -121.701629
- 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 Rio Jesus Maria
- 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 Yolo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yolo County
- Since Rio Jesus Maria is near Sutter County and also Sacramento County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sutter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sacramento 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 Rio Jesus Maria
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rio Jesus Maria ...
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.
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hebron is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Joes Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Joes Landing is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Landing
- Karnak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Karnak is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karnak
- King Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- King Farms is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Farms
- Knights Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Marty ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marty is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marty
- Robbins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sugarfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sugarfield is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarfield
How Far From Rio Jesus Maria 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 Rio Jesus Maria to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rio Jesus Maria and extending to:
- Woodland, which is the Seat of Yolo County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Rio Jesus Maria to Sacramento, 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,378 miles [3,827 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 136 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,339 miles [11,811 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 8,106 miles [13,045.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,161 miles [9,915.2 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rio Jesus Maria) 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 Rio Jesus Maria 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 Rio Jesus Maria. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7341, Longitude: -121.7016 In this case, the coordinates for Rio Jesus Maria have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.699 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.596 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.721 degrees. |
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