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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 Sunland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunland 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 Sunland:
    • 37.332256, -118.404554
    • 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 Sunland
  • 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 Sunland ...

We found five communities that share the name Sunland.

There are two communities within California that are also named Sunland.

Beyond California, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • Los Angeles County
      • This Sunland is located in Los Angeles County and lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<1> to the south of the Sunland that is located in Inyo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Sunland.
    • Tulare County
      • This Sunland is located in Tulare County and lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sunland that is located in Inyo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Sunland.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Jefferson County
      • This Sunland is located in Jefferson County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sunland that is located in Inyo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Sunland.
    • Florida
      • Seminole County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Sunland [Seminole County].
    • Kansas
      • Wallace County
      • This Sunland is located in Wallace County and lies 906 miles [1,458.1 km]<1> to the east of the Sunland that is located in Inyo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wallace County community of Sunland.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunland ...

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.

  • Big Pine
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Bishop
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Glacier Lodge ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glacier Lodge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glacier Lodge
    • Glacier Lodge is located in Inyo County
  • Laws
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws
    • Laws is located in Inyo County
    • Former name for Laws:
    • Bishop Depot
  • Parchers Camp ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Parchers Camp. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parchers Camp
    • Parchers Camp is located in Inyo County
  • Rocking K
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocking K
    • Rocking K is located in Inyo County
  • Round Valley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
    • Round Valley is located in Inyo County
  • Scheelite ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scheelite
    • Scheelite is located in Inyo County

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

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

  • Independence, which is the Seat of Inyo County, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sunland to Independence, 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 188 miles [302.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,230 miles [3,588.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 127 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,363 miles [11,849.6 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 8,131 miles [13,085.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,143 miles [9,886.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

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

The official website for Inyo County: www.inyocounty.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sunland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sunland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3323, Longitude: -118.4046    
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Sunland 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Sunland 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 336.80 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.034 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.735 degrees.




 

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