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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 Sveadal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sveadal 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 Sveadal:
- 37.084047, -121.787788
- 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 Sveadal
- 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 Santa Clara County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Clara County
- Since Sveadal is near Santa Cruz County and also Monterey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Cruz County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monterey 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 Sveadal
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sveadal ...
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.
- Coyote
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Day Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- English Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- English Town is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Town
- Freedom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Greystone ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Greystone is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Guadalupe ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Guadalupe is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
- Highland ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Leonard ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leonard is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Magnetic Spring ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Magnetic Spring is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Spring
- Mountain Home
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mountain Home is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Rob Roy Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rob Roy Junction is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy Junction
- Seacliff ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Seacliff is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seacliff
- Twin Creeks
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Creeks is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creeks
How Far From Sveadal 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 Sveadal to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sveadal and extending to:
- San Jose, which is the Seat of Santa Clara County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sveadal to San Jose, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,413 miles [3,883.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 138 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,448 miles [11,986.4 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 8,215 miles [13,220.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,260 miles [10,074.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<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 '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- Sveadal) 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 Sveadal 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 Sveadal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0840, Longitude: -121.7878 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.595 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.388 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.775 degrees. |
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