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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 Cheeseville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cheeseville 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 Cheeseville:
    • 41.522691, -122.900314
    • 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 Cheeseville
  • 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 Siskiyou County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • eBird sighting report for Siskiyou County
    • Since Cheeseville is near Trinity County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
    • eBird sighting report for Trinity 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 Cheeseville ...

We found two communities that share the name Cheeseville.

Within California, the name Cheeseville is unique.

Beyond California, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Wisconsin
      • Door 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 Wisconsin community of Cheeseville [Door County].
      • Washington County
      • This Cheeseville is located in Washington County and lies 1,764 miles [2,838.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cheeseville that is located in Siskiyou County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Cheeseville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cheeseville ...

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.

  • Bestville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bestville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bestville
    • Bestville is located in Siskiyou County
  • Big Springs
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
    • Big Springs is located in Siskiyou County
  • Gazelle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Greenview
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Hooperville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hooperville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooperville
    • Hooperville is located in Siskiyou County
  • Horse Creek
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horse Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
    • Horse Creek is located in Siskiyou County
  • Jims Camp
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jims Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jims Camp
    • Jims Camp is located in Siskiyou County
  • Oakbar
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakbar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakbar
    • Oakbar is located in Siskiyou County
  • Steelhead
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steelhead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelhead
    • Steelhead is located in Siskiyou County
  • Swiss Bar
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swiss Bar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiss Bar
    • Swiss Bar is located in Siskiyou County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cheeseville and extending to:

  • Yreka, which is the Seat of Siskiyou County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cheeseville to Yreka, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 216 miles [347.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,396 miles [3,856 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 137 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,179 miles [11,553.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,944 miles [12,784.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,031 miles [9,706 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cheeseville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Siskiyou County: www.co.siskiyou.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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Cheeseville 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>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- Cheeseville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cheeseville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5227, Longitude: -122.9003    
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Cheeseville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.959 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.235 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.427 degrees.









 

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