Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in San Quentin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Quentin and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for San Quentin

• 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 Quentin:
  • 37.941538, -122.483564
  • 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 Quentin

• 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 Marin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marin County
  • Since San Quentin is near Contra Costa County and also San Francisco County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Contra Costa County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for San Francisco 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 Quentin

Curious and Interesting Names Near San Quentin ...

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.

• Golf ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Golf is located in Marin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf
• Harbor Point
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Harbor Point is located in Marin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Point
• Homestead Valley
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Homestead Valley is located in Marin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Valley
• Kent Woodlands
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Kent Woodlands is located in Marin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Woodlands
• Larkspur
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Larkspur is located in Marin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkspur
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,236 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Larkspur <1>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Larkspur
  • From San Quentin to Larkspur
• Little Reed Heights
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Little Reed Heights is located in Marin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Reed Heights
• Meadowsweet
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Meadowsweet is located in Marin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowsweet
• Paradise Cay
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Paradise Cay is located in Marin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Cay
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Paradise Cay
  • From San Quentin to Paradise Cay
• Reed
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Reed is located in Marin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
• Strawberry
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Strawberry is located in Marin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
• Waldo
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Waldo is located in Marin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in San Quentin and extending to:

• San Rafael, which is the Seat of Marin County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 69 miles [111 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from San Quentin to Sacramento, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,433 miles [3,915.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 139 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,405 miles [11,917.2 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 8,172 miles [13,151.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'