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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 Bidwell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bidwell 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 Bidwell:
- 39.556302, -121.466124
- 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 Bidwell
- 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 Butte County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butte County
- Since Bidwell is near Yuba County and also Plumas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yuba County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Plumas 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 Bidwell
Communities Also Named Bidwell ...
We found seven communities that are also named Bidwell.
Within California, the name Bidwell is unique.
Beyond California, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Wapello County
- This Bidwell is located in Wapello County and lies 1,520 miles [2,446.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bidwell that is located in Butte County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wapello County community of Bidwell.
- Missouri
- Laclede County
- This Bidwell is located in Laclede County and lies 1,547 miles [2,489.7 km]<1> to the east of the Bidwell that is located in Butte County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laclede County community of Bidwell.
- New York
- Erie 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 New York community of Bidwell [Erie County].
- Ohio
- Gallia County
- This Bidwell is located in Gallia County and lies 2,078 miles [3,344.2 km]<1> to the east of the Bidwell that is located in Butte County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallia County community of Bidwell.
- Ontario
- This Bidwell lies 2,028 miles [3,263.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bidwell that is located in Butte County.
- Pennsylvania
- Fayette County
- This Bidwell is located in Fayette County and lies 2,212 miles [3,559.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bidwell that is located in Butte County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Bidwell.
- Tennessee
- Lincoln County
- This Bidwell is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,921 miles [3,091.5 km]<1> to the east of the Bidwell that is located in Butte County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Bidwell.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bidwell ...
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.
- Big Ripples ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Big Ripples is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Ripples
- Bloomer ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bloomer is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Craig ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Craig is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Enterprise ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Enterprise is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Hawk Ravine ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hawk Ravine is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Ravine
- Land ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Land is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
- Longs Bar ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lynchburg ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Quartz ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Quartz is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartz
How Far From Bidwell 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 Bidwell 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 Bidwell once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Bidwell and extending to:
- Oroville, which is the Seat of Butte County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Bidwell to Sacramento, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full 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 2,352 miles [3,785.2 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 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,282 miles [11,719.2 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 8,048 miles [12,952 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,106 miles [9,826.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bidwell) 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 Bidwell 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> | 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 Bidwell, 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 Bidwell 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 Bidwell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5563, Longitude: -121.4661 In this case, the coordinates for Bidwell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.583 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.499 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.567 degrees. |
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