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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 Stone Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stone Place 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 Stone Place:
- 35.902450, -118.734256
- 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 Stone Place
- 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 Stone Place is near Kern County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kern 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 Stone Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stone Place ...
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.
- Balance Rock ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Balance Rock is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balance Rock
- California Hot Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Guernsey Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Guernsey Mill is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey Mill
- Idlewild
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Idlewild is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Pleasant View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Posey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Soda Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Soda Springs is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
- Sugarloaf Mountain Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sugarloaf Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sugarloaf Village is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Village
How Far From Stone Place 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 Stone Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stone Place and extending to:
- Visalia, which is the Seat of Tulare County, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stone Place to Visalia, with an average speed<3> 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 just about two full days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 238 miles [383 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,276 miles [3,662.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 130 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,461 miles [12,007.3 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 8,230 miles [13,244.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,235 miles [10,034.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Stone Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Stone Place 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 Stone Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9025, Longitude: -118.7343 In this case, the coordinates for Stone Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.897 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.06 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.936 degrees. |
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