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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 Sportsman Hall, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sportsman Hall 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 Sportsman Hall:
- 38.744016, -120.652313
- 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 Sportsman Hall
- 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 El Dorado County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for El Dorado County
- Since Sportsman Hall is near Amador County and also Placer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Amador County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Placer 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 Sportsman Hall
Communities Also Named Sportsman Hall ...
We found one communities that are also named Sportsman Hall.
Within California, the name Sportsman Hall is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Sportsman Hall in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Queen Anne's County
- This Sportsman Hall is located in Queen Anne's County and lies 2,368 miles [3,810.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sportsman Hall that is located in El Dorado County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queen Anne's County community of Sportsman Hall.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sportsman Hall ...
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.
- Cedar Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Deer View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Deer View is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer View
- Ditch Camp Five
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ditch Camp Five is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ditch Camp Five
- Five Mile Terrace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Five Mile Terrace is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Mile Terrace
- Fresh Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fresh Pond is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond
- Gold Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gold Ridge is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Ridge
- Happy Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Happy Valley is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Motor City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Motor City is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motor City
- Pollock Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sly Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sly Park is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sly Park
- Soapweed
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Soapweed is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soapweed
- Spring Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Tiger Lily
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tiger Lily is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Lily
How Far From Sportsman Hall 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 Sportsman Hall 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<3> community of Sportsman Hall once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Sportsman Hall and extending to:
- Placerville, which is the Seat of El Dorado County, lies just to the West.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Sportsman Hall to Sacramento, 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,323 miles [3,738.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,319 miles [11,778.8 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 8,086 miles [13,013.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,130 miles [9,865.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Sportsman Hall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Sportsman Hall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Sportsman Hall 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 338.821 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.545 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.076 degrees. |
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