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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 Bear River Pines, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bear River Pines 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 Bear River Pines:
- 39.169340, -120.968000
- 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 Bear River Pines
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nevada County
- Since Bear River Pines is near Placer County and also Yuba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Placer County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Bear River Pines
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bear River Pines ...
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.
- Cape Horn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cape Horn is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Horn
- Cedar Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Knolls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Knolls is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Knolls
- Forest Spring ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Forest Spring is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Spring
- Gold Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hills Flat
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hills Flat is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Flat
- Hunts Hill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hunts Hill is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Hill
- Illinoistown ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Illinoistown is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinoistown
- Little York ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Little York is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Peardale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peardale is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peardale
- Pinecrest
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pinecrest is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Red Dog
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Red Dog is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Dog
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Secret Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Secret Town is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret Town
- Shady Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shady Glen is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Glen
- Steeplehollow Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Union Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union Hill is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- You Bet ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- You Bet is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
How Far From Bear River Pines 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 Bear River Pines to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bear River Pines and extending to:
- Nevada City, which is the Seat of Nevada County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Bear River Pines to Sacramento, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,297 miles [11,743.4 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 8,064 miles [12,977.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,114 miles [9,839.5 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 '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- Bear River Pines) 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 Bear River Pines 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 Bear River Pines. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1693, Longitude: -120.9680 In this case, the coordinates for Bear River Pines have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.128 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.935 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.265 degrees. |
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