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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 Thorn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Thorn 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 Thorn:
- 34.475831, -117.280878
- 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 Thorn
- 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 Bernardino County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Bernardino County
- Since Thorn is near Los Angeles County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Los Angeles 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 Thorn
Communities Also Named Thorn ...
We found three communities that are also named Thorn.
There is one other community in California that is also named Thorn.
Beyond California, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Humboldt County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Thorn [Humboldt County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Chickasaw County
- This Thorn is located in Chickasaw County and lies 1,604 miles [2,581.4 km]<2> to the east of the Thorn that is located in San Bernardino County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chickasaw County community of Thorn.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Thorn is located in Salt Lake County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Thorn that is located in San Bernardino County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Thorn.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Thorn ...
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.
- Apple Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Desert Knolls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Desert Knolls is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Knolls
- Eagle Ranch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Eagle Ranch is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Ranch
- Frost
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Frost is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Golden Mesa
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Mesa is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Mesa
- High Country
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- High Country is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Country
- Leon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Leon is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Mountain View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Sunset Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Hills is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
- Sunset Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sunset Ridge is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ridge
How Far From Thorn 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 Thorn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Thorn and extending to:
- San Bernardino, which is the Seat of San Bernardino County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Thorn to San Bernardino, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 367 miles [590.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,231 miles [3,590.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 127 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,518 miles [12,099 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 8,286 miles [13,335 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,270 miles [10,090.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Thorn 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. |
| <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- Thorn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Thorn 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 Thorn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4758, Longitude: -117.2809 In this case, the coordinates for Thorn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.504 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.278 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.081 degrees. |
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