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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).

When in Store Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Store Village and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Store Village:
    • 20.906667, -156.374167
    • 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 Store Village
  • 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 Store Village

Curious and Interesting Names Near Store Village ...

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.

  • Cod Fish Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Corn Mill Camp
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Filipino Camp
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Haiku
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Hawaiian - Spanish Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Hawaiian Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Russian Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Sam Sing Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • School Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Spreckelsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)

How Far From Store Village 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 Store Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Store Village and extending to:

  • Honolulu, which is the State Capital of Hawaii, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Store Village to Honolulu, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 4,763 miles [7,665.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 10 days, a buggy would take 186 days and walking would take 271 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 8,710 miles [14,017.4 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 9,308 miles [14,979.8 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 8,033 miles [12,927.9 km] and it lies to the north (N).<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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Store Village) 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 Store Village 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 Store Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 20.9067, Longitude: -156.3742       In this case, the coordinates for Store Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 12.232 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 21.475 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 350.739 degrees.