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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 Wildhorse Canyon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wildhorse Canyon 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 Wildhorse Canyon:
- 34.388055, -117.610054
- 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 Wildhorse Canyon
- 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 Bernardino County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Bernardino County
- Since Wildhorse Canyon is near Los Angeles County and also Riverside County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Los Angeles County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Riverside 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 Wildhorse Canyon
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wildhorse Canyon ...
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 Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Big Pines is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pines
- Cosy Dell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cosy Dell is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosy Dell
- Deer Haven
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Deer Haven is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Haven
- Dells ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dells is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dells
- Mile High
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mile High is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile High
- Mount Baldy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mountain Top Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mountain Top Junction is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top Junction
- Paradise Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Paradise Springs is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Springs
- Scotland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scotland is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Summit Terrace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Summit Terrace is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Terrace
How Far From Wildhorse Canyon 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 Wildhorse Canyon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wildhorse Canyon and extending to:
- San Bernardino, which is the Seat of San Bernardino County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wildhorse Canyon to San Bernardino, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 360 miles [579.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,250 miles [3,621 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 128 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,531 miles [12,120 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 8,300 miles [13,357.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,286 miles [10,116.3 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wildhorse Canyon) 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 Wildhorse Canyon 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 Wildhorse Canyon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3881, Longitude: -117.6101 In this case, the coordinates for Wildhorse Canyon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.763 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.586 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.269 degrees. |
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