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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 Carlos, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Carlos 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 Carlos:
    • 36.838905, -118.142575
    • 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 Carlos
  • 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 Inyo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • eBird sighting report for Inyo County
    • Since San Carlos is near Fresno County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
    • eBird sighting report for Fresno 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 San Carlos ...

We found ten communities that share the name San Carlos.

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

Beyond California, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • San Diego County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of San Carlos [San Diego County].
    • San Mateo County
      • This San Carlos is located in San Mateo County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the San Carlos that is located in Inyo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Mateo County community of San Carlos.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Gila County
      • This San Carlos is located in Gila County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the San Carlos that is located in Inyo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gila County community of San Carlos.
      • Maricopa County
      • This San Carlos is located in Maricopa County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km] to the east southeast of the San Carlos that is located in Inyo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of San Carlos.
    • Colorado
      • Pueblo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of San Carlos [Pueblo County].
    • Florida
      • Lee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of San Carlos [Lee County].
      • Suwannee 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 Florida community of San Carlos [Suwannee County].
    • Nevada
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of San Carlos.
    • Texas
      • Hidalgo County
      • This San Carlos is located in Hidalgo County and lies 1,382 miles [2,224.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the San Carlos that is located in Inyo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of San Carlos.
      • Starr County
      • This San Carlos is located in Starr County and lies 1,328 miles [2,137.2 km] to the east southeast of the San Carlos that is located in Inyo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Starr County community of San Carlos.

Curious and Interesting Names Near San Carlos ...

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.

  • Big Pine
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Boulder Creek
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Creek
    • Boulder Creek is located in Inyo County
  • Dolomite ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolomite
    • Dolomite is located in Inyo County
  • Fish Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs
    • Fish Springs is located in Inyo County
    • Fish Springs has also been known as:
    • Tinemaha
    • Tinnemaha
  • Independence
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lone Pine
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Lone Pine Station ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine Station
    • Lone Pine Station is located in Inyo County
    • Lone Pine Station has also been known as:
    • Mount Whitney
    • Whitney
  • Mock ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mock have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock
    • Mock is located in Inyo County
  • Reward ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward
    • Reward is located in Inyo County
  • Seven Pines ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
    • Seven Pines is located in Inyo County

How Far From San Carlos 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 community such as San Carlos 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 community of San Carlos once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in San Carlos and extending to:

  • Independence, which is the Seat of Inyo County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from San Carlos to Sacramento, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,226 miles [3,582.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 87 days and walking would take 127 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,388 miles [11,889.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,157 miles [13,127.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,163 miles [9,918.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>

The official website for Inyo County: www.inyocounty.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Carlos 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.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- San Carlos) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in San Carlos. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8389, Longitude: -118.1426    
<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 San Carlos, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>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 Carlos to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.525 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.671 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.584 degrees.




 

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