Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bidwell Bar, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bidwell Bar and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bidwell Bar
- 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 Bidwell Bar:
- 39.556685, -121.439811
- 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 Bidwell Bar
- 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 Butte County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Butte County
- Since Bidwell Bar is near Yuba County and also Plumas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Yuba County
- eBird sighting report for Plumas 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bidwell Bar ...
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.
- Berry Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Creek
- Berry Creek is located in Butte County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berry Creek <1>
- Big Ripples ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Ripples have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Ripples
- Big Ripples is located in Butte County
- Bloomer ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Craig ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Enterprise ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Enterprise is located in Butte County
- Hawk Ravine ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawk Ravine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Ravine
- Hawk Ravine is located in Butte County
- Land ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Longs Bar ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Lynchburg ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Quartz ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Bidwell Bar 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 Bidwell Bar 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<4> community of Bidwell Bar once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Bidwell Bar and extending to:
- Oroville, which is the Seat of Butte County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<5> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Bidwell Bar to Sacramento, 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 2,350 miles [3,782 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 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,281 miles [11,717.6 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 8,048 miles [12,952 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,105 miles [9,825 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Butte County: www.buttecounty.net/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
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> | 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> | 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 Bidwell Bar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bidwell Bar) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bidwell Bar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5567, Longitude: -121.4398 In this case, the coordinates for Bidwell Bar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bidwell Bar 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 339.561 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.473 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.55 degrees. |