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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 Todd Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Todd Place 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 Todd Place:
- 35.274138, -120.163479
- 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 Todd Place
- 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 Todd Place is near Kern County and also Santa Barbara 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 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 Todd Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Todd Place ...
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.
- California Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- California Valley is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Valley
- Edna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Edna is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Fairoaks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairoaks is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairoaks
- Garden Farms
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Garden Farms is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Farms
- Grover Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Halcyon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Halcyon is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon
- Kecks Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kecks Corner is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecks Corner
- Martinez Place
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Martinez Place is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez Place
- Navajo ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Navajo is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo
- Oaks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oaks is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Reeds ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Reeds is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Reward ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Reward is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward
- Rosemary
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemary is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
How Far From Todd Place 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 Todd Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Todd Place and extending to:
- San Luis Obispo, which is the Seat of San Luis Obispo County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Todd Place to San Luis Obispo, with an average speed<3> 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 just over a day.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 239 miles [384.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,366 miles [3,807.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,531 miles [12,120 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 8,300 miles [13,357.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,316 miles [10,164.6 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Todd Place) 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 Todd Place 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 Todd Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2741, Longitude: -120.1635 In this case, the coordinates for Todd Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.009 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.37 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.777 degrees. |
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