Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Talbot, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Talbot and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Talbot
- 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 Talbot:
- 37.073558, -120.031830
- 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 Talbot
- 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 Madera County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Madera County
- Since Talbot is near Merced County and also Fresno County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Merced County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Talbot ...
We found eight communities that share the name Talbot.
Within California, the name Talbot is unique.
Beyond California, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, six are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Quebec
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Talbot ...
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.
- Ash ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Bonita
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Chowchilla
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chowchilla
- Chowchilla is located in Madera County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,153 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chowchilla <4>
- Dairyland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Gregg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Hillside ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Indian Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Indian Springs is located in Madera County
- Italian Swiss Colony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Italian Swiss Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Swiss Colony
- Italian Swiss Colony is located in Madera County
- Raymond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Raymond is located in Madera County
- Yosemite Lakes Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Lakes Park
- Yosemite Lakes Park is located in Madera County
- Yosemite Lakes Park has also been known as:
- Yosemite Lakes
How Far From Talbot 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 Talbot 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<5> community of Talbot once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Talbot and extending to:
- Madera, which is the Seat of Madera County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Talbot to Sacramento, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,321 miles [3,735.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,414 miles [11,931.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,182 miles [13,167.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,208 miles [9,990.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Madera County: www.madera-county.com/
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' (or 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- Talbot) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Talbot. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0736, Longitude: -120.0318 In this case, the coordinates for Talbot have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Talbot 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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 Talbot, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Talbot to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.12 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.608 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.71 degrees. |