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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 Sea Ranch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sea Ranch 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 Sea Ranch:
- 38.715575, -123.454786
- 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 Sea Ranch
- 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 Sonoma County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sonoma County
- Since Sea Ranch is near Mendocino County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mendocino 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 Sea Ranch
Communities Also Named Sea Ranch ...
We found one communities that are also named Sea Ranch.
There is one other community in California that is also named Sea Ranch.
Beyond California.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Fresno 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 Sea Ranch [Fresno County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sea Ranch ...
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.
- Anchor Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fish Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- German
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- German is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German
- Hermitage ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Little Penny
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Little Penny is located in Mendocino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Penny
- Seaview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seaview is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaview
- Signal Port
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Toners Place
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Toners Place is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toners Place
- Truth Home
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Truth Home is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truth Home
- Valley Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Crossing is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Crossing
How Far From Sea Ranch 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 Sea Ranch to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Sea Ranch and extending to:
- Santa Rosa, which is the Seat of Sonoma County, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sea Ranch to Santa Rosa, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 106 miles [170.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,469 miles [3,973.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 97 days and walking would take 141 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,372 miles [11,864.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,137 miles [13,095.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,212 miles [9,997.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Sea Ranch 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sea Ranch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Sea Ranch 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 Sea Ranch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7156, Longitude: -123.4548 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.176 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.368 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.81 degrees. |
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