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 Central Valley:
47.663150, -122.649867
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 Central Valley
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 Kitsap County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Central Valley.
Within Washington, the name Central Valley is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
New York
Orange County
This Central Valley is located in Orange County and lies 2,389 miles [3,844.7 km]<1> to the east of the Central Valley that is located in Kitsap County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Central Valley.
Utah
Sevier County
This Central Valley is located in Sevier County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Central Valley that is located in Kitsap County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Central Valley.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Central Valley ...
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.
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 Central Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Central Valley and extending to:
Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Central Valley to Olympia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,335 miles [3,757.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,774 miles [10,901.7 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 7,536 miles [12,128 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,664 miles [9,115.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Central Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Central Valley 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 Central Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.6632, Longitude: -122.6499 In this case, the coordinates for Central Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.14 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.74 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.964 degrees.