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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 Sycamore Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sycamore Springs 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 Sycamore Springs:
- 35.186364, -120.714341
- 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 Sycamore Springs
- 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 Luis Obispo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Luis Obispo County
- Since Sycamore Springs is near San Mateo County and also Santa Barbara County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Mateo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Barbara 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 Sycamore Springs
Communities Also Named Sycamore Springs ...
We found four communities that are also named Sycamore Springs.
There is one other community in California that is also named Sycamore Springs.
Beyond California, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Riverside County
- This Sycamore Springs is located in Riverside County and lies 239 miles [384.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sycamore Springs that is located in San Luis Obispo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Sycamore Springs.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Brown 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 Kansas community of Sycamore Springs [Brown County].
- Butler County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sycamore Springs [Butler County].
- Maryland
- Howard County
- This Sycamore Springs is located in Howard County and lies 2,398 miles [3,859.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sycamore Springs that is located in San Luis Obispo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Sycamore Springs.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sycamore Springs ...
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.
- Edna
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Edna is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Fairoaks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairoaks is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairoaks
- Goldtree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Goldtree is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldtree
- Grover Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Halcyon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Halcyon is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon
- Miles
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Miles is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
- Oaks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oaks is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Reeds ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reeds is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Shell Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Sycamore Springs to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sycamore Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sycamore Springs and extending to:
- San Luis Obispo, which is the Seat of San Luis Obispo County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 238 miles [383 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Sycamore Springs to Sacramento, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,397 miles [3,857.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 137 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,549 miles [12,148.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,317 miles [13,384.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,338 miles [10,200 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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- Sycamore Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Sycamore Springs 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> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Sycamore Springs 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 Sycamore Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1864, Longitude: -120.7143 In this case, the coordinates for Sycamore Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.461 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.914 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.104 degrees. |
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