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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 Argentine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Argentine 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 Argentine:
    • 39.924616, -120.772449
    • 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 Argentine
  • 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 Plumas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Plumas County
    • Since Argentine is near Sierra County and also Lassen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sierra County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lassen 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 Argentine

Communities Also Named Argentine ...

We found five communities that are also named Argentine.

Within California, the name Argentine is unique.

Beyond California, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Summit 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 Colorado community of Argentine [Summit County].
    • Kansas
      • Wyandotte County
      • This Argentine is located in Wyandotte County and lies 1,386 miles [2,230.6 km]<2> to the east of the Argentine that is located in Plumas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyandotte County community of Argentine.
    • Michigan
      • Genesee County
      • This Argentine is located in Genesee County and lies 1,908 miles [3,070.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Argentine that is located in Plumas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Genesee County community of Argentine.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Butler County
      • This Argentine is located in Butler County and lies 2,131 miles [3,429.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Argentine that is located in Plumas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Argentine.
    • South Dakota
      • Fall River 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 South Dakota community of Argentine [Fall River County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Argentine ...

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.

  • Bells Bar ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Bells Bar is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Bar
  • English Bar ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • English Bar is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Bar
  • Five Points
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Five Points is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Gate Place
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Gate Place is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gate Place
  • Greenhorn
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Greenhorn is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
  • Lovejoy ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lovejoy is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
  • Spring Garden
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Spring Garden is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
  • Squirrel Creek ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Squirrel Creek is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Creek
  • Two Rivers
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Two Rivers is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Rivers

How Far From Argentine 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 Argentine 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<3> community of Argentine once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Argentine and extending to:

  • Quincy, which is the Seat of Plumas County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Argentine to Quincy, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 100 miles [160.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,310 miles [3,717.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,245 miles [11,659.7 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 8,012 miles [12,894.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,065 miles [9,760.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'

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 Argentine 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Argentine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Argentine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Argentine 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 Argentine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9246, Longitude: -120.7724       In this case, the coordinates for Argentine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.039 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.869 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.131 degrees.