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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 Sucro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sucro 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 Sucro:
- 38.469630, -121.804684
- 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 Sucro
- 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 Solano County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Solano County
- Since Sucro is near Yolo County and also Sacramento County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yolo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sacramento 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 Sucro
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sucro ...
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.
- Arcade
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Arcade is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Bucktown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bucktown is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Bunker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bunker is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker
- Cannon ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cannon is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Central
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Central is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Green
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Green is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hebron is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Jacobs Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jacobs Corner is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Corner
- Kobe ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kobe is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kobe
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Leisure Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leisure Town is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Town
- Maine Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Maine Prairie is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine Prairie
- Plumtree ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Plumtree is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumtree
- Riverview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Riverview is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Violet ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Violet is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
- Willow Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Willow Point is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point
How Far From Sucro 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 Sucro to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sucro and extending to:
- Fairfield, which is the Seat of Solano County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sucro to Fairfield, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 18 miles [29 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,388 miles [3,843.1 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 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,358 miles [11,841.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,125 miles [13,075.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,179 miles [9,944.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sucro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Sucro 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 Sucro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4696, Longitude: -121.8047 In this case, the coordinates for Sucro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.758 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.654 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.786 degrees. |
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