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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 Artois, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Artois 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 Artois:
- 39.619607, -122.194205
- 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 Artois
- 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 Glenn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Glenn County
- Since Artois is near Butte County and also Tehama County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butte County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tehama 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 Artois
Communities Also Named Artois ...
We found one communities that are also named Artois.
Within California, the name Artois is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Artois in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Meade 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 Kansas community of Artois [Meade County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Artois ...
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.
- Barber
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Barber is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Bluegum
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bluegum is located in Glenn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluegum
- Chrome
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Chrome is located in Glenn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrome
- Dodgeland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dodgeland is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeland
- Elk Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Glenn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in Glenn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Merrills Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Merrills Landing is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrills Landing
- Norman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Norman is located in Glenn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Willows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Artois 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 Artois to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Artois and extending to:
- Willows, which is the Seat of Glenn County, lies just to the South.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<3> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Artois to Sacramento, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,388 miles [3,843.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,291 miles [11,733.7 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 8,057 miles [12,966.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,123 miles [9,854 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 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 Artois 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Artois) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Artois 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 Artois. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6196, Longitude: -122.1942 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.199 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.239 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.018 degrees. |
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