Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Vin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vin and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Vin

• 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 Vin:
  • 38.649071, -121.602181
  • 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 Vin

• 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 Yolo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Yolo County
  • Since Vin is near Sacramento County and also Sutter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sacramento County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sutter 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 Vin

Curious and Interesting Names Near Vin ...

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.

• Bombay
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Bombay is located in Sacramento County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bombay
• Gardenland
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Gardenland is located in Sacramento County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenland
• Hebron ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Hebron is located in Yolo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
• Joes Landing
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Joes Landing is located in Sutter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Landing
• Karnak
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Karnak is located in Sutter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karnak
• King Farms
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • King Farms is located in Yolo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Farms
• Kobe ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Kobe is located in Yolo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kobe
• Marty ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Marty is located in Yolo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marty
• Plumtree ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Plumtree is located in Yolo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumtree
• Riverview
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Riverview is located in Yolo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
• Sugarfield
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Sugarfield is located in Yolo County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarfield

How Far From Vin to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Vin to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Vin and extending to:

• Woodland, which is the Seat of Yolo County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Vin to Woodland, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies just to the southeast (SE).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,374 miles [3,820.6 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 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,343 miles [11,817.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,110 miles [13,051.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,163 miles [9,918.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'