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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 Swall, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Swall 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 Swall:
- 36.240784, -119.287058
- 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 Swall
- 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 Tulare County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tulare County
- Since Swall is near Kings County and also Fresno County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kings County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fresno 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 Swall
Curious and Interesting Names Near Swall ...
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.
- Burr
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Burr is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
- Elba
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Elba is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Farmersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Giant Oak ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Giant Oak is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giant Oak
- Grey Rocks ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Grey Rocks is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Rocks
- Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Ivanhoe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- List
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- List is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for List
- Merryman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Merryman is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merryman
- Plainview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Plainview is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Rocky Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Tonyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Tonyville is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonyville
- Toolville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Toolville is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toolville
How Far From Swall 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 Swall to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Swall and extending to:
- Visalia, which is the Seat of Tulare County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Swall to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,299 miles [3,699.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 131 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,451 miles [11,991.2 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 8,220 miles [13,228.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,233 miles [10,031 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Swall) 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 Swall 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 Swall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2408, Longitude: -119.2871 In this case, the coordinates for Swall have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.399 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.688 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.264 degrees. |
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