Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Badger Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Badger Hill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Badger Hill
- 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 Badger Hill:
- 39.383504, -121.025507
- 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 Badger Hill
- 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 Nevada County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Nevada County
- Since Badger Hill is near Sierra County and also Yuba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sierra County
- eBird sighting report for Yuba 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Badger Hill ...
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.
- Blue Tent
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Tent
- Blue Tent is located in Nevada County
- Cherokee
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Edwards Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwards Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossing
- Edwards Crossing is located in Nevada County
- Freemans Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freemans Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemans Crossing
- Freemans Crossing is located in Sierra County
- Galena Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galena Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Hill
- Galena Hill is located in Yuba County
- Garden Valley ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
- Grizzly Gulch ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grizzly Gulch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzly Gulch
- Grizzly Gulch is located in Sierra County
- Lake City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Lake City is located in Nevada County
- Pike
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Plum Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plum Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Valley
- Plum Valley is located in Sierra County
- Sweetland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Weeds Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weeds Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeds Point
- Weeds Point is located in Yuba County
How Far From Badger Hill to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Badger Hill 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<2> community of Badger Hill once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Badger Hill and extending to:
- Nevada City, which is the Seat of Nevada County, lies just to the South.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Badger Hill to Sacramento, with an average speed<4> 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,332 miles [3,753 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 91 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,285 miles [11,724.1 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 8,052 miles [12,958.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,104 miles [9,823.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Nevada County: www.new.mynevadacounty.com/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Badger Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Badger Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Badger Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3835, Longitude: -121.0255 In this case, the coordinates for Badger Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Badger Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.197 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.029 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.297 degrees. |