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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 Vestal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vestal 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 Vestal:
- 35.839675, -119.084825
- 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 Vestal
- 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 Vestal is near Kern County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kern 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 Vestal
Communities Also Named Vestal ...
We found four communities that are also named Vestal.
Within California, the name Vestal is unique.
Beyond California, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Desha County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Vestal [Desha County].
- New York
- Broome County
- This Vestal is located in Broome County and lies 2,325 miles [3,741.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Vestal that is located in Tulare County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broome County community of Vestal.
- Tennessee
- Knox County
- This Vestal is located in Knox County and lies 1,956 miles [3,147.9 km]<2> to the east of the Vestal that is located in Tulare County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Vestal.
- Virginia
- Washington County
- This Vestal is located in Washington County and lies 2,061 miles [3,316.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Vestal that is located in Tulare County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Vestal.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vestal ...
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.
- Cotton Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cotton Center is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Center
- Fountain Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fountain Springs is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Springs
- Hope ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hope is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Jasmin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jasmin is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasmin
- Jones Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jones Corner is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Magnolia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Magnolia is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Pixley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pond is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond
- Poplar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Poplar is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
- Poplar has also been known as:
- Poplar - Cotton Center
- Porterville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Quail
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Quail is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail
- Ultra
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ultra is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ultra
- Woody
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Worth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Worth is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
How Far From Vestal 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 Vestal to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Vestal and extending to:
- Visalia, which is the Seat of Tulare County, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Vestal to Visalia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 230 miles [370.1 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,296 miles [3,695.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 131 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,472 miles [12,025 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 8,241 miles [13,262.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,250 miles [10,058.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Vestal 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Vestal) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Vestal 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 Vestal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8397, Longitude: -119.0848 In this case, the coordinates for Vestal have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.18 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.399 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.143 degrees. |
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