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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 Seven Trees, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seven Trees 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 Seven Trees:
- 37.285645, -121.838027
- 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 Seven Trees
- 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 Santa Clara County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Clara County
- Since Seven Trees is near Santa Cruz County and also Alameda 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 Alameda 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 Seven Trees
Curious and Interesting Names Near Seven Trees ...
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.
- Alum Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chinatown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chinatown is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinatown
- College Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- College Park is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
- Edenvale
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Edenvale is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenvale
- Evergreen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Fruitdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greystone ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greystone is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Guadalupe ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Guadalupe is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
- Lick
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lick is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick
- Robertsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Robertsville is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Willow Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Glen is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
How Far From Seven Trees 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 Seven Trees to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Seven Trees and extending to:
- San Jose, which is the Seat of Santa Clara County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Seven Trees to Sacramento, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,412 miles [3,881.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 137 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,436 miles [11,967.1 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 8,203 miles [13,201.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,249 miles [10,056.8 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Seven Trees) 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 Seven Trees 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 Seven Trees. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2856, Longitude: -121.8380 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.66 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.476 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.807 degrees. |
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