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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 San Bernardo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Bernardo and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 San Bernardo:
    • 36.055243, -120.938518
    • 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 San Bernardo
  • 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 San Bernardo ...

We found three communities that share the name San Bernardo.

There are two communities within California that are also named San Bernardo.

Beyond California, there is another community also named San Bernardo in the United States.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • San Diego County
      • This San Bernardo is located in San Diego County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the southeast of the San Bernardo that is located in Monterey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of San Bernardo.
    • San Luis Obispo County
      • This San Bernardo is located in San Luis Obispo County and lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the south of the San Bernardo that is located in Monterey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Luis Obispo County community of San Bernardo.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • San Miguel 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 Colorado community of San Bernardo [San Miguel County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near San Bernardo ...

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.

  • Bee Rock
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Rock
    • Bee Rock is located in San Luis Obispo County
  • Bitterwater
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitterwater
    • Bitterwater is located in San Benito County
  • Gorda
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorda
    • Gorda is located in Monterey County
  • Greenfield
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Harlem
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harlem have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
    • Harlem is located in Monterey County
  • King City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sycamore Flat
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sycamore Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Flat
    • Sycamore Flat is located in Monterey County

How Far From San Bernardo 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 San Bernardo to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in San Bernardo and extending to:

  • Salinas, which is the Seat of Monterey County, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from San Bernardo to Salinas, with an average speed<5> 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 176 miles [283.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,390 miles [3,846.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,497 miles [12,065.3 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 8,265 miles [13,301.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,294 miles [10,129.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for San Bernardo. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Monterey County: www.co.monterey.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

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- San Bernardo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in San Bernardo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0552, Longitude: -120.9385       In this case, the coordinates for San Bernardo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 San Bernardo 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 San Bernardo 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 338.758 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.323 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.251 degrees.




 

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