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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 Storey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Storey 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 Storey:
- 36.974114, -120.019049
- 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 Storey
- 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 Madera County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madera County
- Since Storey is near Fresno County and also Merced County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fresno County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Merced 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 Storey
Communities Also Named Storey ...
We found one communities that are also named Storey.
Within California, the name Storey is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Storey in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Citrus County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Storey [Citrus County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Storey ...
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.
- Ash ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ash is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Bonita
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bonita is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
- Chowchilla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dairyland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dairyland is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyland
- Fig Garden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fig Garden is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fig Garden
- Floyd
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Floyd is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Gordon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gordon is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Gregg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gregg is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg
- Highway City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Highway City is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway City
- Hillside ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Indian Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Indian Springs is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Italian Swiss Colony
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Italian Swiss Colony is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Swiss Colony
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Muscatel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Muscatel is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscatel
- Raymond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Raymond is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Riverview ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Rolling Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rolling Hills is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
How Far From Storey 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 Storey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Storey and extending to:
- Madera, which is the Seat of Madera County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Storey to Sacramento, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,322 miles [3,736.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,420 miles [11,941.3 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 8,188 miles [13,177.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,213 miles [9,998.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Storey could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Storey) 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 Storey 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 Storey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9741, Longitude: -120.0190 In this case, the coordinates for Storey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.098 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.575 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.703 degrees. |
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