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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 Sutterville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sutterville 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 Sutterville:
- 38.545833, -121.508333
- 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 Sutterville
- 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 Sacramento County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sacramento County
- Since Sutterville is near Yolo County and also Solano 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 Solano 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 Sutterville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sutterville ...
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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arcade is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Freeport
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gardenland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gardenland is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenland
- Kobe ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kobe is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kobe
- Marty ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marty is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marty
- Plumtree ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Plumtree is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumtree
- Polk
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Polk is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Pollock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pollock is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
- Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
How Far From Sutterville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sutterville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Sutterville once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sutterville and extending to:
- Sacramento, which is the Seat of Sacramento County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies just to the north northeast (NNE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,371 miles [3,815.8 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Sutterville to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 5 days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 135 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 93 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,348 miles [11,825.5 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 8,115 miles [13,059.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,166 miles [9,923.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sutterville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sutterville) 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 Sutterville 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 Sutterville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5458, Longitude: -121.5083 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.517 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.369 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.603 degrees. |
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