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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 Whale Boat Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whale Boat Ferry 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 Whale Boat Ferry:
- 38.315470, -120.720211
- 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 Whale Boat Ferry
- 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 Amador County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Amador County
- Since Whale Boat Ferry is near Calaveras County and also El Dorado County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calaveras County
- Open the eBird sighting report for El Dorado 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 Whale Boat Ferry
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whale Boat Ferry ...
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.
- Big Bar
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
- Chinatown ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Chinatown is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinatown
- Drytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Electra ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Electra is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
- Firebrick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Firebrick is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firebrick
- Happy Valley ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Happy Valley is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Independence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Independence is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Irishtown ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Irishtown is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irishtown
- Jesus Maria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jesus Maria is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesus Maria
- Oregon Bar ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oregon Bar is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Bar
- Pioneer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Quail Oaks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Quail Oaks is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Oaks
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rail Road Flat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rich Gulch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rich Gulch is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Gulch
- Sandy Gulch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Gulch is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Gulch
- Sunnybrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sunnybrook is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
- Valley Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Volcano
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Whale Boat Ferry 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 Whale Boat Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Whale Boat Ferry and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Amador County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Whale Boat Ferry to Sacramento, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,334 miles [3,756.2 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 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,348 miles [11,825.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,115 miles [13,059.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,157 miles [9,908.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Whale Boat Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Whale Boat Ferry 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 Whale Boat Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3155, Longitude: -120.7202 In this case, the coordinates for Whale Boat Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.833 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.535 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.122 degrees. |
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