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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 Ainsworth Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ainsworth Corner and the surrounding area.
- 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 Ainsworth Corner:
- 41.998486, -121.559715
- 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 Ainsworth Corner
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Siskiyou County
- Since Ainsworth Corner is near Klamath County and also Modoc County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Klamath County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Modoc 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Ainsworth Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ainsworth Corner ...
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.
- Bonanza
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Copic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Copic is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copic
- Falcon Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Falcon Heights is located in Klamath County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Heights
- Gem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gem is located in Klamath County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
- Homestead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Homestead is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Lost River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lost River is located in Klamath County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
- Merrill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stronghold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stronghold is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stronghold
- Tuber
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tuber is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuber
How Far From Ainsworth Corner 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 Ainsworth Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ainsworth Corner and extending to:
- Yreka, which is the Seat of Siskiyou County, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ainsworth Corner to Yreka, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 236 miles [379.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,322 miles [3,736.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,125 miles [11,466.6 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 7,891 miles [12,699.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,966 miles [9,601.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Ainsworth Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Ainsworth Corner 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 Ainsworth Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9985, Longitude: -121.5597 In this case, the coordinates for Ainsworth Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.877 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.975 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.566 degrees. |
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