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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 Francisquito, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Francisquito 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 San Francisquito:
- 36.468295, -121.800784
- 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 San Francisquito
- 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 Monterey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monterey County
- Since San Francisquito is near Santa Cruz County and also San Benito County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Cruz County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Benito 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 San Francisquito
Communities Also Named San Francisquito ...
We found two communities that are also named San Francisquito.
There are two communities within California that are also named San Francisquito.
Beyond California.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Los Angeles County
- This San Francisquito is located in Los Angeles County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the San Francisquito that is located in Monterey County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of San Francisquito.
- Santa Clara County
- This San Francisquito is located in Santa Clara County and lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the north northwest of the San Francisquito that is located in Monterey County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Clara County community of San Francisquito.
Curious and Interesting Names Near San Francisquito ...
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.
- Cannery Row
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cannery Row is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannery Row
- Carmel-by-the-Sea
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Creekside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Creekside is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- James Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- James Meadows is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Meadows
- Pebble Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Quail Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Quail Meadows is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Meadows
- Sand City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Seaside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
How Far From San Francisquito 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 San Francisquito to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in San Francisquito and extending to:
- Salinas, which is the Seat of Monterey County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from San Francisquito to Salinas, 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 five to six hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 146 miles [235 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,427 miles [3,905.9 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 7,488 miles [12,050.8 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 8,255 miles [13,285.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,296 miles [10,132.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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 Francisquito) 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> | 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 San Francisquito 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 San Francisquito. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4683, Longitude: -121.8008 In this case, the coordinates for San Francisquito have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.535 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.285 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.778 degrees. |
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