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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 Ysidora, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ysidora 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 Ysidora:
- 33.259756, -117.363649
- 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 Ysidora
- 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 Diego County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Diego County
- Since Ysidora is near Riverside County and also Orange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Riverside County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange 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 Ysidora
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ysidora ...
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.
- Don ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Don is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Don
- Elfin Forest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elfin Forest is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elfin Forest
- Harmony Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony Grove is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Hidden Meadows
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hidden Meadows is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Meadows
- Lilac
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lilac is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilac
- Oceanside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rainbow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rainbow is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
- Twin Oaks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Oaks is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Vista
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Winterwarm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Winterwarm is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterwarm
How Far From Ysidora 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 Ysidora 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<2> community of Ysidora once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Ysidora and extending to:
- San Diego, which is the Seat of San Diego County, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ysidora to San Diego, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 433 miles [696.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,265 miles [3,645.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 129 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,596 miles [12,224.6 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 8,365 miles [13,462.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,342 miles [10,206.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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> | 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 Ysidora, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ysidora) 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 Ysidora 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 Ysidora. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2598, Longitude: -117.3636 In this case, the coordinates for Ysidora have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.394 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.059 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.112 degrees. |
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