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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 Mottsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mottsville 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 Mottsville:
- 38.931087, -119.840061
- 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 Mottsville
- 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Mottsville is near El Dorado County and also Alpine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for El Dorado County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alpine 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 Mottsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mottsville ...
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.
- Bijou
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bijou is located in El Dorado County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bijou
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Point is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Point
- Fountain Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Place is located in El Dorado County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Place
- Fredericksburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fredericksburg is located in Alpine County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Hobart ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hobart is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Kingsbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsbury is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Round Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Round Hill is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Hill
- Summit Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Summit Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village
- Twelvemile House
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Twelvemile House is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelvemile House
- Walleys Hot Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Zephyr Cove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Mottsville 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 Mottsville 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 Mottsville once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Mottsville and extending to:
- Minden, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Mottsville to Carson City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,277 miles [3,664.5 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 89 days and walking would take 130 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,291 miles [11,733.7 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 8,059 miles [12,969.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,095 miles [9,809 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 Mottsville, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mottsville) 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 Mottsville 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 Mottsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9311, Longitude: -119.8401 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.165 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.769 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.578 degrees. |
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