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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 Valencia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Valencia and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Valencia:
    • 34.146677, -117.272543
    • 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 Valencia
  • 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 Valencia is near Riverside County and also Los Angeles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Riverside County
    • 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 Valencia

Communities Also Named Valencia ...

We found eight communities that are also named Valencia.

There are two communities within California that are also named Valencia.

Beyond California, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • Los Angeles County
      • This Valencia is located in Los Angeles County and lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Valencia that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Valencia.
    • Orange 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 California community of Valencia [Orange County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • This Valencia is located in Maricopa County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<1> to the east of the Valencia that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Valencia.
    • Kansas
      • Shawnee County
      • This Valencia is located in Shawnee County and lies 1,230 miles [1,979.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Valencia that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shawnee County community of Valencia.
    • Montana
      • Wheatland 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 Montana community of Valencia [Wheatland County].
    • New Mexico
      • Valencia County
      • This Valencia is located in Valencia County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km]<1> to the east of the Valencia that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Valencia County community of Valencia.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Butler County
      • This Valencia is located in Butler County and lies 2,077 miles [3,342.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Valencia that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Valencia.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Valencia is located in Davis County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Valencia that is located in San Bernardino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Valencia.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Valencia ...

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.

  • Amber Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Amber Hills is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber Hills
  • Arrowhead
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Arrowhead is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
  • Cottage Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cottage Gardens is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Gardens
  • Crown Jewel
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Crown Jewel is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Jewel
  • Devil Canyon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Devil Canyon is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Canyon
  • Garden Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Garden Park is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Park
  • Harlem Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Harlem Springs is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem Springs
  • Highland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Highland is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 55,696 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highland <3>
  • Marigold
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Marigold is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marigold
  • University Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • University Heights is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
  • Valley Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Valley Gardens is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Gardens
  • Warm Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Warm Springs is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs

How Far From Valencia 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 Valencia to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Valencia and extending to:

  • San Bernardino, which is the Seat of San Bernardino County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Valencia to Sacramento, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 22 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 15 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,238 miles [3,601.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 128 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,538 miles [12,131.2 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 8,307 miles [13,368.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,288 miles [10,119.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Valencia) 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 Valencia 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 Valencia 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 Valencia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1467, Longitude: -117.2725       In this case, the coordinates for Valencia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.45 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.189 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.073 degrees.