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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 Walsh Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walsh Station 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 Walsh Station:
- 38.528997, -121.334941
- 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 Walsh Station
- 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 Walsh Station is near Yolo County and also Placer 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 Placer 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 Walsh Station
Communities Also Named Walsh Station ...
We found one communities that are also named Walsh Station.
Within California, the name Walsh Station is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Walsh Station in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Walsh Station.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Walsh Station ...
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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arcade is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
- Citrus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Citrus is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus
- Elk Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fair Oaks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fairoaks Bridge ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fairoaks Bridge is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairoaks Bridge
- Gardenland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gardenland is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenland
- Gold River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Graham ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Mayhew
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Polk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Polk is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Pollock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pollock is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
- Vineyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Vineyard is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
How Far From Walsh Station 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 Walsh Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Walsh Station and extending to:
- Sacramento, which is the Seat of Sacramento County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies just to the west northwest (WNW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,362 miles [3,801.3 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Walsh Station to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 5 days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 135 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 93 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,346 miles [11,822.2 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 8,113 miles [13,056.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,162 miles [9,916.8 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 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 Walsh Station 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Walsh Station) 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 Walsh Station 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 Walsh Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5290, Longitude: -121.3349 In this case, the coordinates for Walsh Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.37 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.191 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.497 degrees. |
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