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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 Paula Y Saticoy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Santa Paula Y Saticoy 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 Paula Y Saticoy:
- 34.293613, -119.145940
- 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 Paula Y Saticoy
- 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 Ventura County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ventura County
- Since Santa Paula Y Saticoy is near Santa Barbara County and also Los Angeles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Barbara County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Los Angeles 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 Paula Y Saticoy
Curious and Interesting Names Near Santa Paula Y Saticoy ...
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.
- Channel Islands Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Keith
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Keith is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Leesdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Leesdale is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesdale
- Leisure Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leisure Village is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Sea Cliff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sea Cliff is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Cliff
- Silver Strand
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Strand is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Strand
- Spanish Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spanish Hills is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Hills
- Sulphur Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
How Far From Santa Paula Y Saticoy 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 Santa Paula Y Saticoy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Santa Paula Y Saticoy and extending to:
- Ventura, which is the Seat of Ventura County, lies just to the West.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Santa Paula Y Saticoy to Sacramento, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,335 miles [3,757.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,572 miles [12,186 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,341 miles [13,423.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,340 miles [10,203.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'
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- Santa Paula Y Saticoy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Paula Y Saticoy 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 Paula Y Saticoy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2936, Longitude: -119.1459 In this case, the coordinates for Santa Paula Y Saticoy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.025 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.115 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.161 degrees. |
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