Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Stoil, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stoil and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Stoil

• 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 Stoil:
  • 35.918009, -119.425395
  • 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 Stoil

• 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 Stoil is near Kern County and also Kings County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kern 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 Stoil

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stoil ...

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.

• Bean ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bean is located in Kings County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean
• Cotton Center
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Cotton Center is located in Tulare County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Center
• Elmo
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Elmo is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
• Helm Corner
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Helm Corner is located in Kings County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helm Corner
• Jasmin
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jasmin is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasmin
• Pixley
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Pixley is located in Tulare County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pixley <1>
• Pleasant Grove ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Grove is located in Tulare County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
• Pond
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Pond is located in Kern County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
• Poplar
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Poplar is located in Tulare County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
  • Poplar has also been known as:
  • Poplar - Cotton Center
• Quail
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Quail is located in Tulare County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail
• Spa ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Spa is located in Tulare County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spa

How Far From Stoil to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Stoil to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stoil and extending to:

• Visalia, which is the Seat of Tulare County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Stoil to Visalia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
• Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 215 miles [346 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,313 miles [3,722.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,475 miles [12,029.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,243 miles [13,265.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,256 miles [10,068.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'