Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Harper, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harper and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Harper
- 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 Harper:
- 41.214891, -120.931634
- 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 Harper
- 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 Modoc County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Modoc County
- Since Harper is near Lassen County and also Shasta County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lassen County
- eBird sighting report for Shasta 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 Harper ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Harper.
There is one other community in California which is also named Harper.
Beyond California, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 26 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Ogle County
- This Harper is located in Ogle County and lies 1,605 miles [2,583 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Harper that is located in Modoc County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ogle County community of Harper.
- White County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Harper [White County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Keokuk County
- This Harper is located in Keokuk County and lies 1,491 miles [2,399.5 km]<2> to the east of the Harper that is located in Modoc County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Keokuk County community of Harper.
- Page 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 Iowa community of Harper [Page County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Antrim 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 Harper [Antrim County].
- Wayne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Harper [Wayne County].
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Greene County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Greene County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Harper.
- Logan County
- This Harper is located in Logan County and lies 1,930 miles [3,106 km]<2> to the east of the Harper that is located in Modoc County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Harper.
- Ross County
- This Harper is located in Ross County and lies 1,972 miles [3,173.6 km] to the east of the Harper that is located in Modoc County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of Harper.
- Ontario
- This Harper lies 2,234 miles [3,595.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Harper that is located in Modoc County.
- Oregon
- Prince Edward Island
- This Harper lies 2,785 miles [4,482 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Harper that is located in Modoc County.
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Pendleton County
- This Harper is located in Pendleton County and lies 2,184 miles [3,514.8 km]<2> to the east of the Harper that is located in Modoc County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pendleton County community of Harper.
- Raleigh County
- This Harper is located in Raleigh County and lies 2,108 miles [3,392.5 km] to the east of the Harper that is located in Modoc County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Raleigh County community of Harper.
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harper ...
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.
- Bieber
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bieber
- Bieber is located in Lassen County
- Dibble Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dibble Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dibble Place
- Dibble Place is located in Modoc County
- Hot Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Hot Springs is located in Lassen County
- Leonard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Lookout
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Lookout is located in Modoc County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lookout <5>
- Pumpkin Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Pumpkin Center is located in Lassen County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pumpkin Center <5>
- Scotty Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotty Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotty Place
- Scotty Place is located in Lassen County
- Stonebreaker Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stonebreaker Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebreaker Crossing
- Stonebreaker Crossing is located in Lassen County
How Far From Harper 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 Harper to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Harper and extending to:
- Alturas, which is the Seat of Modoc County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Harper to Alturas, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full 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 184 miles [296.1 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,300 miles [3,701.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 131 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,165 miles [11,530.9 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 7,931 miles [12,763.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,994 miles [9,646.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Harper. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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 Harper 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Harper) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harper. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2149, Longitude: -120.9316 In this case, the coordinates for Harper have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Harper, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Harper 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 339.289 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.236 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.198 degrees. |