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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 Solano City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Solano City 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 Solano City:
- 38.226025, -121.870238
- 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 Solano City
- 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 Solano County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Solano County
- Since Solano City is near Sacramento County and also Contra Costa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sacramento County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Contra Costa 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 Solano City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Solano City ...
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.
- Birds Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bunker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bunker is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker
- Cannon ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cannon is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Chipps
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Chipps is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipps
- Cygnus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cygnus is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cygnus
- Jacksnipe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jacksnipe is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksnipe
- Leisure Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leisure Town is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Town
- Maine Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Maine Prairie is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine Prairie
- Montezuma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Montezuma is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Spoonbill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Spoonbill is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spoonbill
- Violet ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Violet is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
How Far From Solano City 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 Solano City 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 Solano City once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Solano City and extending to:
- Fairfield, which is the Seat of Solano County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Solano City to Fairfield, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 32 miles [51.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,396 miles [3,856 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 137 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,375 miles [11,868.9 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 8,142 miles [13,103.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,195 miles [9,969.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Solano City, 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' (or 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- Solano City) 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 Solano City 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 Solano City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2260, Longitude: -121.8702 In this case, the coordinates for Solano City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.788 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.678 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.828 degrees. |
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