Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sacramento, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sacramento and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sacramento
- 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 Sacramento:
- 39.221379, -106.107520
- 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 Sacramento
- 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 Park County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Park County
- Since Sacramento is near Lake County and also Summit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lake County
- eBird sighting report for Summit 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 Sacramento ...
We found eight communities that share the name Sacramento.
Within Colorado, the name Sacramento is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Sacramento County
- This Sacramento is located in Sacramento County and lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km]<1> to the west of the Sacramento that is located in Park County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Sacramento.
- Illinois
- Kankakee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Sacramento [Kankakee County].
- McLean County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Sacramento [McLean County].
- White County
- This Sacramento is located in White County and lies 960 miles [1,545 km]<1> to the east of the Sacramento that is located in Park County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Sacramento.
- Kentucky
- McLean County
- This Sacramento is located in McLean County and lies 1,026 miles [1,651.2 km]<1> to the east of the Sacramento that is located in Park County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Sacramento.
- Nebraska
- Phelps County
- This Sacramento is located in Phelps County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sacramento that is located in Park County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phelps County community of Sacramento.
- New Mexico
- Otero County
- This Sacramento is located in Otero County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the south of the Sacramento that is located in Park County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otero County community of Sacramento.
- Pennsylvania
- Schuylkill County
- This Sacramento is located in Schuylkill County and lies 1,558 miles [2,507.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Sacramento that is located in Park County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Sacramento.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sacramento ...
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.
- Birdseye
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Climax ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Climax is located in Lake County
- Fairplay
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
- Fairplay is located in Park County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairplay <4>
- Horseshoe ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Kobe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Leadville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadville
- Leadville is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,773 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leadville <4>
- Park City ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Quartzville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quartzville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzville
- Quartzville is located in Park County
- Resurrection Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Resurrection Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resurrection Mill
- Resurrection Mill is located in Lake County
- Stringtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Stringtown is located in Lake County
How Far From Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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 Sacramento once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Sacramento and extending to:
- Fairplay, which is the Seat of Park County, lies just to the East.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Sacramento to Denver, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,552 miles [2,497.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 61 days and walking would take 89 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,935 miles [11,160.8 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 7,698 miles [12,388.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,632 miles [9,063.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Park County: www.parkco.us/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sacramento) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sacramento. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2214, Longitude: -106.1075 In this case, the coordinates for Sacramento 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Sacramento 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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Sacramento, 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 Sacramento 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 327.319 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.914 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.635 degrees. |