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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 Vanden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vanden 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 Vanden:
- 38.285468, -121.968576
- 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 Vanden
- 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 Solano County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Solano County
- Since Vanden is near Napa County and also Yolo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Napa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yolo 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 Vanden
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vanden ...
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.
- Birds Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bucktown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bucktown is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Bunker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bunker is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker
- Cannon ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cannon is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Cygnus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cygnus is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cygnus
- Green Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jacksnipe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksnipe is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksnipe
- Leisure Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Leisure Town is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Town
- Maine Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Maine Prairie is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine Prairie
- Rockville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rockville is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Violet ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Violet is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
How Far From Vanden 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 Vanden 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<2> community of Vanden once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Vanden and extending to:
- Fairfield, which is the Seat of Solano County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Vanden to Sacramento, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,400 miles [3,862.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 137 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,373 miles [11,865.7 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 8,140 miles [13,100.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,195 miles [9,969.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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> | 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 Vanden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vanden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Vanden 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 Vanden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2855, Longitude: -121.9686 In this case, the coordinates for Vanden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.877 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.788 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.888 degrees. |
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