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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 Vineyard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vineyard 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 Vineyard:
    • 38.464488, -121.346917
    • 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 Vineyard
  • 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 Sacramento County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sacramento County
    • Since Vineyard is near Yolo County and also San Joaquin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Yolo County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for San Joaquin 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 Vineyard

Communities Also Named Vineyard ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Vineyard.

There are four communities within California that are also named Vineyard.

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

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • Los Angeles County
      • This Vineyard is located in Los Angeles County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Vineyard that is located in Sacramento County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Vineyard.
    • San Benito County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Vineyard [San Benito County].
    • San Diego County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Vineyard [San Diego County].
    • Sonoma County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Vineyard [Sonoma County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Lee County
      • This Vineyard is located in Lee County and lies 1,702 miles [2,739.1 km]<1> to the east of the Vineyard that is located in Sacramento County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Vineyard.
    • Georgia
      • Spalding County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Vineyard [Spalding County].
    • Indiana
      • Switzerland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Vineyard [Switzerland County].
    • Kentucky
      • Butler County
      • This Vineyard is located in Butler County and lies 1,890 miles [3,041.7 km]<1> to the east of the Vineyard that is located in Sacramento County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Vineyard.
      • Jessamine County
      • This Vineyard is located in Jessamine County and lies 1,982 miles [3,189.7 km] to the east of the Vineyard that is located in Sacramento County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jessamine County community of Vineyard.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Vineyard [Baltimore County].
    • New York
      • Chautauqua County
      • This Vineyard is located in Chautauqua County and lies 2,195 miles [3,532.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Vineyard that is located in Sacramento County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Vineyard.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Mifflin County
      • This Vineyard is located in Mifflin County and lies 2,303 miles [3,706.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Vineyard that is located in Sacramento County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mifflin County community of Vineyard.
    • Texas
      • Jack County
      • This Vineyard is located in Jack County and lies 1,355 miles [2,180.7 km]<1> to the east of the Vineyard that is located in Sacramento County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jack County community of Vineyard.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Vineyard is located in Davis County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Vineyard that is located in Sacramento County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Vineyard.
      • Utah County
      • This Vineyard is located in Utah County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km] to the east northeast of the Vineyard that is located in Sacramento County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Utah County community of Vineyard.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Vineyard ...

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.

  • Arcade ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Arcade is located in Sacramento County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
  • Bruceville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bruceville is located in Sacramento County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
  • Citrus
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Citrus is located in Sacramento County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus
  • Elk Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Franklin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Franklin is located in Sacramento County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Freeport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Freeport is located in Sacramento County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
  • Graham ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Graham is located in Sacramento County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • Hicksville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Hicksville is located in Sacramento County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
  • Mayhew
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Mayhew is located in Sacramento County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew
  • Polk
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Polk is located in Sacramento County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
  • Pollock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Pollock is located in Sacramento County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock

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

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

  • Sacramento, which is the Seat of Sacramento County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Vineyard to Sacramento, with an average speed<5> 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 10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,364 miles [3,804.5 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,350 miles [11,828.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,117 miles [13,063 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,166 miles [9,923.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vineyard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Vineyard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Vineyard 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Vineyard 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 Vineyard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4645, Longitude: -121.3469       In this case, the coordinates for Vineyard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.373 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.192 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.505 degrees.