Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Silvas Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Silvas Grove and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Silvas Grove
- 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 Silvas Grove:
- 38.600183, -121.544401
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Silvas Grove
- 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 Sacramento County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Sacramento County
- Since Silvas Grove is near Yolo County and also Sutter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Yolo County
- eBird sighting report for Sutter 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Silvas Grove ...
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.
- Arcade ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Bombay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Freeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Freeport is located in Sacramento County
- Gardenland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardenland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenland
- Gardenland is located in Sacramento County
- Kobe ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Marty ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Plumtree ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Polk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Pollock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Riverview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Silvas Grove 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 Silvas Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Silvas Grove once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Silvas Grove and extending to:
- Sacramento, which is the Seat of Sacramento County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,372 miles [3,817.4 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Silvas Grove to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 5 days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 135 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 93 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,345 miles [11,820.6 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 8,112 miles [13,055 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,164 miles [9,920 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Sacramento County: www.saccounty.net/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | 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 Silvas Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Silvas Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Silvas Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6002, Longitude: -121.5444 In this case, the coordinates for Silvas Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Silvas Grove to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.553 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.414 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.625 degrees. |