Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sacramento, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sacramento and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sacramento
- 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 Sacramento:
- 38.580657, -121.485613
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Sacramento
- 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 Sacramento County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Sacramento County
- Since Sacramento is near Yolo County and also Sutter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Yolo County
- eBird sighting report for Sutter 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Sacramento ...
We found eight communities that share the name Sacramento.
Within California, the name Sacramento is unique.
Beyond California, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Park County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Sacramento [Park County].
- Illinois
- Kankakee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Sacramento [Kankakee County].
- McLean County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Sacramento [McLean County].
- White County
- This Sacramento is located in White County and lies 1,786 miles [2,874.3 km]<3> to the east of the Sacramento that is located in Sacramento County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Sacramento.
- Kentucky
- McLean County
- This Sacramento is located in McLean County and lies 1,852 miles [2,980.5 km]<3> to the east of the Sacramento that is located in Sacramento County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Sacramento.
- Nebraska
- Phelps County
- This Sacramento is located in Phelps County and lies 1,187 miles [1,910.3 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Sacramento that is located in Sacramento County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phelps County community of Sacramento.
- New Mexico
- Otero County
- This Sacramento is located in Otero County and lies 976 miles [1,570.7 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Sacramento that is located in Sacramento County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otero County community of Sacramento.
- Pennsylvania
- Schuylkill County
- This Sacramento is located in Schuylkill County and lies 2,366 miles [3,807.7 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Sacramento that is located in Sacramento County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Sacramento.
- Colorado
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sacramento ...
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.
- Arcade ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Bombay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Gardenland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardenland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenland
- Gardenland is located in Sacramento County
- Kobe ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Marty ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Mayhew
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Plumtree ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Polk
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Pollock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Riverview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Sacramento to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Sacramento to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sacramento and extending to:
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,369 miles [3,812.5 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Sacramento to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 5 days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 135 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 93 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,345 miles [11,820.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,112 miles [13,055 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,164 miles [9,920 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Sacramento: www.cityofsacramento.org/
The official website for Sacramento County: www.saccounty.net/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Sacramento, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Sacramento could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sacramento) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sacramento. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5807, Longitude: -121.4856 |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Sacramento to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.502 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.352 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.589 degrees. |