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 ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Vineyard
- 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:
- 36.750237, -121.385769
- 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.
- 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 San Benito County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for San Benito County
- Since Vineyard is near Monterey County and also Santa Clara County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Monterey County
- eBird sighting report for Santa Clara 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Vineyard ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Vineyard.
There are four communities within California that are also named Vineyard.
Beyond California, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Los Angeles County
- Sacramento County
- San Diego County
- Sonoma County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Butler County
- This Vineyard is located in Butler County and lies 1,913 miles [3,078.7 km]<1> to the east of the Vineyard that is located in San Benito 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 2,009 miles [3,233.2 km] to the east northeast of the Vineyard that is located in San Benito County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jessamine County community of Vineyard.
- Maryland
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Utah
- Davis County
- This Vineyard is located in Davis County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Vineyard that is located in San Benito 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 574 miles [923.8 km] to the east northeast of the Vineyard that is located in San Benito 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.
- Aromas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aromas
- Aromas is located in Monterey County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aromas <3>
- Corporal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest) - Cottage Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottage Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Corners
- Cottage Corners is located in San Benito County
- Dean
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Morse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Natividad
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Prunedale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prunedale
- Prunedale is located in Monterey County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prunedale <3>
- Spreckels
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spreckels
- Spreckels is located in Monterey County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spreckels <3>
- Spreckels Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spreckels Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spreckels Junction
- Spreckels Junction is located in Monterey County
How Far From Vineyard 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 Vineyard 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<5> community of Vineyard once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Vineyard and extending to:
- Hollister, which is the Seat of San Benito County, lies just to the North.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Vineyard to Sacramento, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,399 miles [3,860.8 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,461 miles [12,007.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,229 miles [13,243.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,267 miles [10,085.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for San Benito County: www.san-benito.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' 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.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vineyard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7502, Longitude: -121.3858 In this case, the coordinates for Vineyard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.218 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.915 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.528 degrees. |