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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 Roads End, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Roads End 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 Roads End:
- 35.935715, -118.485334
- 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 Roads End
- 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 Tulare County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tulare County
- Since Roads End is near Kern County and also Inyo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kern County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Inyo 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 Roads End
Communities Also Named Roads End ...
We found one communities that are also named Roads End.
Within California, the name Roads End is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Roads End in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Oregon
- Lincoln County
- This Roads End is located in Lincoln County and lies 689 miles [1,108.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Roads End that is located in Tulare County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Roads End.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Roads End ...
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.
- Balance Rock ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Balance Rock is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balance Rock
- California Hot Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Guernsey Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Guernsey Mill is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey Mill
- Idlewild
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Idlewild is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Pleasant View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Ponderosa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Quaker Meadow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Quaker Meadow is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Meadow
- Rogersville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sugarloaf Mountain Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sugarloaf Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sugarloaf Village is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Village
How Far From Roads End 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 Roads End to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Roads End once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Roads End and extending to:
- Visalia, which is the Seat of Tulare County, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Roads End to Visalia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 246 miles [395.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,262 miles [3,640.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,453 miles [11,994.4 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 8,222 miles [13,232 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,226 miles [10,019.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Roads End) 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Roads End, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Roads End 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 Roads End. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9357, Longitude: -118.4853 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.695 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.818 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.789 degrees. |
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