Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Anchor Bay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Anchor Bay and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Anchor Bay
- 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 Anchor Bay:
- 38.803352, -123.578490
- 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 Anchor Bay
- 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 Mendocino County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mendocino County
- Since Anchor Bay is near Sonoma County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Sonoma 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 Anchor Bay ...
We found one communities that share the name Anchor Bay.
Within California, the name Anchor Bay is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Anchor Bay in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Macomb County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Anchor Bay [Macomb County].
- Michigan
Curious and Interesting Names Near Anchor Bay ...
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.
- Fish Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Rock
- Fish Rock is located in Mendocino County
- Flumeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flumeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flumeville
- Flumeville is located in Mendocino County
- German
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Hermitage ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Little Penny
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Penny have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Penny
- Little Penny is located in Mendocino County
- Sea Ranch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Ranch
- Sea Ranch is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sea Ranch <4>
- Signal Port
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Port
- Signal Port is located in Mendocino County
- Signal Port has also been known as:
- Hardscratch
- Valley Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Crossing
- Valley Crossing is located in Sonoma County
How Far From Anchor Bay 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 Anchor Bay to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Anchor Bay and extending to:
- Ukiah, which is the Seat of Mendocino County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<5> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Anchor Bay to Ukiah, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,474 miles [3,981.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 97 days and walking would take 141 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,368 miles [11,857.6 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 8,133 miles [13,088.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,210 miles [9,994 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Anchor Bay. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Mendocino County: www.co.mendocino.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Anchor Bay 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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- Anchor Bay) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Anchor Bay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8034, Longitude: -123.5785 |
| <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 Anchor Bay 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 341.29 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.508 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.887 degrees. |