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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 Sunfair, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunfair 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 Sunfair:
- 34.163893, -116.247232
- 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 Sunfair
- 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 San Bernardino County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Bernardino County
- Since Sunfair is near Riverside County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Riverside 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 Sunfair
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunfair ...
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.
- Desert Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Desert Heights is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Heights
- Flamingo Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flamingo Heights is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flamingo Heights
- Hidden River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hidden River is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden River
- Joshua Tree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Smoke Tree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Smoke Tree is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Tree
- Sunfair Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sunfair Heights is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfair Heights
- Twentynine Palms
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Sunfair 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 Sunfair to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sunfair and extending to:
- San Bernardino, which is the Seat of San Bernardino County, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Sunfair to San Bernardino, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 421 miles [677.5 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 24 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,183 miles [3,513.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 86 days and walking would take 124 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,512 miles [12,089.4 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 8,281 miles [13,327 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,254 miles [10,064.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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- Sunfair) 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 Sunfair 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 Sunfair. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1639, Longitude: -116.2472 In this case, the coordinates for Sunfair have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.612 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.173 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.487 degrees. |
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