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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 Tiffin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tiffin 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 Tiffin:
- 36.183562, -119.027880
- 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 Tiffin
- 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 Tiffin is near Kern County and also Kings County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kern County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kings 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 Tiffin
Communities Also Named Tiffin ...
We found five communities that are also named Tiffin.
Within California, the name Tiffin is unique.
Beyond California, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Johnson County
- This Tiffin is located in Johnson County and lies 1,511 miles [2,431.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Tiffin that is located in Tulare County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Tiffin.
- Missouri
- Saint Clair County
- This Tiffin is located in Saint Clair County and lies 1,383 miles [2,225.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Tiffin that is located in Tulare County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Tiffin.
- Ohio
- Seneca County
- This Tiffin is located in Seneca County and lies 1,948 miles [3,135 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Tiffin that is located in Tulare County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seneca County community of Tiffin.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Tiffin.
- Texas
- Eastland County
- This Tiffin is located in Eastland County and lies 1,186 miles [1,908.7 km]<1> to the east of the Tiffin that is located in Tulare County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eastland County community of Tiffin.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tiffin ...
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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burr is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
- Grey Rocks ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grey Rocks is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Rocks
- Harmony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Jones Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Corner is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- List
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- List is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for List
- Plainview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plainview is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Porterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rocky Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Hill is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Stout
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Stout is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Tonyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tonyville is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonyville
- Toolville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Toolville is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toolville
How Far From Tiffin 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 Tiffin 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<4> community of Tiffin once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Tiffin and extending to:
- Visalia, which is the Seat of Tulare County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tiffin to Visalia, with an average speed<5> 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 213 miles [342.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,286 miles [3,679 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 130 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,449 miles [11,988 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,218 miles [13,225.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,228 miles [10,023 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Tiffin) 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 Tiffin 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> | 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 Tiffin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Tiffin 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 Tiffin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1836, Longitude: -119.0279 In this case, the coordinates for Tiffin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.176 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.416 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.11 degrees. |
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