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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 Santa Ana Y Quien Sabe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Santa Ana Y Quien Sabe 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 Santa Ana Y Quien Sabe:
- 36.817455, -121.241316
- 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 Santa Ana Y Quien Sabe
- 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 San Benito County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Benito County
- Since Santa Ana Y Quien Sabe is near Santa Clara County and also Merced County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Clara County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Merced 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 Santa Ana Y Quien Sabe
Curious and Interesting Names Near Santa Ana Y Quien Sabe ...
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.
- Aromas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Corporal
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Corporal is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corporal
- Cottage Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cottage Corners is located in San Benito County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Corners
- Dean
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dean is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Morse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Morse is located in San Benito County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Murphy Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Murphy Crossing is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Crossing
- Natividad
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Natividad is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natividad
- Pinnacles
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pinnacles is located in San Benito County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacles
- Prunedale
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Spreckels Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Spreckels Junction is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spreckels Junction
- Vineyard ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vineyard is located in San Benito County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
How Far From Santa Ana Y Quien Sabe 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 Santa Ana Y Quien Sabe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Santa Ana Y Quien Sabe and extending to:
- Hollister, which is the Seat of San Benito County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Santa Ana Y Quien Sabe to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,454 miles [11,996.1 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 8,222 miles [13,232 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,259 miles [10,072.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Santa Ana Y Quien Sabe) 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 Santa Ana Y Quien Sabe 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 Santa Ana Y Quien Sabe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8175, Longitude: -121.2413 In this case, the coordinates for Santa Ana Y Quien Sabe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.104 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.781 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.441 degrees. |
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