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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 Alicia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alicia 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 Alicia:
- 39.103784, -121.581231
- 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 Alicia
- 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 Yuba County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yuba County
- Since Alicia is near Sutter County and also Santa Cruz County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sutter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Cruz 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 Alicia
Communities Also Named Alicia ...
We found four communities that are also named Alicia.
Within California, the name Alicia is unique.
Beyond California, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Lawrence County
- This Alicia is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,677 miles [2,698.9 km]<1> to the east of the Alicia that is located in Yuba County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Alicia.
- Michigan
- Saginaw County
- This Alicia is located in Saginaw County and lies 1,955 miles [3,146.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Alicia that is located in Yuba County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saginaw County community of Alicia.
- North Dakota
- Sargent County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Alicia [Sargent County].
- Pennsylvania
- Greene County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Alicia [Greene County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Alicia ...
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.
- Cornelius ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cornelius is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelius
- Joesphine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Joesphine is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joesphine
- Linda
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Live Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Marigold ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Marigold is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marigold
- Marysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mendoza ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mendoza is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendoza
- Oliver ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oliver is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Progress
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Progress is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Sunset
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sunset is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Wheatland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Alicia 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 Alicia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Alicia and extending to:
- Marysville, which is the Seat of Yuba County, lies just to the North.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Alicia to Sacramento, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,365 miles [3,806.1 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 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,313 miles [11,769.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,080 miles [13,003.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,136 miles [9,874.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Alicia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Alicia 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Alicia 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 Alicia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1038, Longitude: -121.5812 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.635 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.538 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.644 degrees. |
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