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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 Big Bend Rancheria, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Big Bend Rancheria 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 Big Bend Rancheria:
- 41.026420, -121.918895
- 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 Big Bend Rancheria
- 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 Shasta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shasta County
- Since Big Bend Rancheria is near Siskiyou County and also Lassen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Siskiyou 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 Big Bend Rancheria
Curious and Interesting Names Near Big Bend Rancheria ...
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.
- Bullskin ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bullskin is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullskin
- Bully Hill ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bully Hill is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bully Hill
- Copper City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Copper City is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
- Dana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dana is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elizabethtown is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Flume ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Flume is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flume
- Four Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Four Corners is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Furnaceville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Furnaceville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnaceville
- Glenburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Glenburn is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
- Former names for Glenburn:
- Burgettville
- Swasey
- Hatchet Mountain ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hatchet Mountain is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchet Mountain
- Hillcrest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Ingot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ingot is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingot
- Former names for Ingot:
- Afterthought
- Silverton
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Kelly ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kelly is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Round Mountain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Signal Butte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Signal Butte is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Butte
- Sweetbriar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sweetbriar is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar
How Far From Big Bend Rancheria 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 Big Bend Rancheria to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Big Bend Rancheria and extending to:
- Redding, which is the Seat of Shasta County, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Big Bend Rancheria to Redding, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 170 miles [273.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,353 miles [3,786.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,195 miles [11,579.2 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 7,960 miles [12,810.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,033 miles [9,709.2 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Big Bend Rancheria) 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 Big Bend Rancheria 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 Big Bend Rancheria. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0264, Longitude: -121.9189 In this case, the coordinates for Big Bend Rancheria have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.095 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.185 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.82 degrees. |
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