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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Valle De San Jose:
37.626321, -121.821899
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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 Alameda County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found one communities that are also named Valle De San Jose.
There is one other community in California that is also named Valle De San Jose.
Beyond California.
Communities Located In California ...
San Diego County
This Valle De San Jose is located in San Diego County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Valle De San Jose that is located in Alameda County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Valle De San Jose.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Valle De San Jose ...
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.
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 Valle De San Jose to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Valle De San Jose and extending to:
Oakland, which is the Seat of Alameda County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Valle De San Jose to Oakland, 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 68 miles [109.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,405 miles [3,870.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 137 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,413 miles [11,930.1 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 8,180 miles [13,164.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,229 miles [10,024.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
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- Valle De San Jose) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Valle De San Jose 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 Valle De San Jose. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6263, Longitude: -121.8219 In this case, the coordinates for Valle De San Jose have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.683 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.522 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.798 degrees.