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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 Stuart, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stuart 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 Stuart:
    • 33.251145, -117.420873
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Stuart
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Stuart ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Stuart.

There is one other community in California which is also named Stuart.

Beyond California, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • Santa Barbara 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 California community of Stuart [Santa Barbara County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Sharp County
      • This Stuart is located in Sharp County and lies 1,479 miles [2,380.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Stuart that is located in San Diego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sharp County community of Stuart.
    • British Columbia
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Colorado
      • Kiowa County
      • This Stuart is located in Kiowa County and lies 923 miles [1,485.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Stuart that is located in San Diego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kiowa County community of Stuart.
    • Florida
      • Martin County
      • This Stuart is located in Martin County and lies 2,244 miles [3,611.4 km]<2> to the east of the Stuart that is located in San Diego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Stuart.
    • Iowa
      • Guthrie County
      • This Stuart is located in Guthrie County and lies 1,383 miles [2,225.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Stuart that is located in San Diego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guthrie County community of Stuart.
    • Kansas
      • Smith 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 Kansas community of Stuart [Smith County].
    • Montana
      • Deer Lodge County
      • This Stuart is located in Deer Lodge County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Stuart that is located in San Diego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Deer Lodge County community of Stuart.
    • Nebraska
      • Holt County
      • This Stuart is located in Holt County and lies 1,182 miles [1,902.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Stuart that is located in San Diego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holt County community of Stuart.
    • Oklahoma
      • Hughes County
      • This Stuart is located in Hughes County and lies 1,222 miles [1,966.6 km]<2> to the east of the Stuart that is located in San Diego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hughes County community of Stuart.
    • Ontario
      • This Stuart lies 2,244 miles [3,611.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Stuart that is located in San Diego County.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Stuart is located in Davis County and lies 617 miles [993 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Stuart that is located in San Diego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Stuart.
    • Virginia
      • Patrick County
      • This Stuart is located in Patrick County and lies 2,102 miles [3,382.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Stuart that is located in San Diego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Patrick County community of Stuart.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Stuart is located in King County and lies 1,024 miles [1,648 km]<2> to the north of the Stuart that is located in San Diego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Stuart.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stuart ...

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.

  • Don ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Don have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Don
    • Don is located in San Diego County
  • Eden Gardens
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eden Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Gardens
    • Eden Gardens is located in San Diego County
  • Elfin Forest
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elfin Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elfin Forest
    • Elfin Forest is located in San Diego County
  • Harmony Grove
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmony Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
    • Harmony Grove is located in San Diego County
  • Hidden Meadows
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Meadows
    • Hidden Meadows is located in San Diego County
  • Lilac
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lilac have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilac
    • Lilac is located in San Diego County
  • Oceanside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Rainbow
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
    • Rainbow is located in San Diego County
  • Twin Oaks
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
    • Twin Oaks is located in San Diego County
  • Vista
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
    • Vista is located in San Diego County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 100,636 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vista <4>
  • Winterwarm
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winterwarm have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterwarm
    • Winterwarm is located in San Diego County

How Far From Stuart 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 Stuart to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stuart and extending to:

  • San Diego, which is the Seat of San Diego County, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Stuart to San Diego, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two 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 432 miles [695.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,268 miles [3,650 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 129 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,598 miles [12,227.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,367 miles [13,465.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,344 miles [10,209.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stuart. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for San Diego County: www.sdcounty.ca.gov/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Stuart 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>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 from Point A (ie- Stuart) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stuart. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2511, Longitude: -117.4209       In this case, the coordinates for Stuart have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Stuart to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.44 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.115 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.144 degrees.









 

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