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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 Seville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seville 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 Seville:
- 36.485783, -119.223168
- 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 Seville
- 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 Tulare County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tulare County
- Since Seville is near Fresno County and also Kings County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fresno County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kings 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 Seville
Communities Also Named Seville ...
We found eight communities that are also named Seville.
Within California, the name Seville is unique.
Beyond California, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Volusia County
- This Seville is located in Volusia County and lies 2,227 miles [3,584 km]<1> to the east of the Seville that is located in Tulare County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Volusia County community of Seville.
- Georgia
- Wilcox County
- This Seville is located in Wilcox County and lies 2,045 miles [3,291.1 km]<1> to the east of the Seville that is located in Tulare County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilcox County community of Seville.
- Illinois
- Fulton County
- This Seville is located in Fulton County and lies 1,577 miles [2,537.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Seville that is located in Tulare County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Seville.
- Michigan
- Gratiot County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Seville [Gratiot County].
- Ohio
- Columbiana County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Columbiana County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Seville.
- Medina County
- This Seville is located in Medina County and lies 2,020 miles [3,250.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Seville that is located in Tulare County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Seville.
- Ontario
- This Seville lies 2,065 miles [3,323.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Seville that is located in Tulare County.
- Virginia
- Madison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Seville [Madison County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Seville ...
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.
- Elderwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Elderwood is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderwood
- Hillmaid
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillmaid is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillmaid
- Ivanhoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Redbanks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Redbanks is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbanks
- Sultana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Buttes
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Twin Buttes is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Buttes
- Wimp
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wimp is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimp
- Woodlake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlake Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlake Junction is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake Junction
How Far From Seville 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 Seville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Seville and extending to:
- Visalia, which is the Seat of Tulare County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Seville to Visalia, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 190 miles [305.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,290 miles [3,685.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 131 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,434 miles [11,963.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,217 miles [10,005.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'
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- Seville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Seville 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. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Seville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Seville 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 Seville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4858, Longitude: -119.2232 In this case, the coordinates for Seville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.376 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.675 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.226 degrees. |
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