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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 Salminas Resort, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Salminas Resort 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 Salminas Resort:
- 38.876103, -122.728344
- 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 Salminas Resort
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Salminas Resort is near Sonoma County and also Mendocino County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sonoma County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mendocino 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 Salminas Resort
Curious and Interesting Names Near Salminas Resort ...
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.
- Black Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Black Oaks is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oaks
- Bonanza Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bonanza Springs is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza Springs
- Clearlake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Forest Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Glenview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Howard Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Howard Springs is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Lower Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sunrise Vista
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sunrise Vista is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Vista
- Twin Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Whispering Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Whispering Pines is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
How Far From Salminas Resort 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 Salminas Resort to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Salminas Resort and extending to:
- Lakeport, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Salminas Resort to Lakeport, 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 69 miles [111 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,429 miles [3,909.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 138 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,349 miles [11,827.1 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 8,115 miles [13,059.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,182 miles [9,949 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Salminas Resort) 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 Salminas Resort 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 Salminas Resort. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8761, Longitude: -122.7283 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.577 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.657 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.356 degrees. |
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