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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 Bigg's, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bigg's 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 Bigg's:
    • 39.415196, -121.710304
    • 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 Bigg's
  • 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 Bigg's is near Sutter County and also Santa Cruz County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sutter County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Cruz 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 Bigg's

Communities Also Named Bigg's ...

We found eight communities that are also named Bigg's.

Within California, the name Bigg's is unique.

Beyond California, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Mason County
      • This Bigg's is located in Mason County and lies 1,678 miles [2,700.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bigg's that is located in Butte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Bigg's.
    • Kentucky
      • Pike County
      • This Bigg's is located in Pike County and lies 2,121 miles [3,413.4 km]<1> to the east of the Bigg's that is located in Butte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Bigg's.
    • Maryland
      • Allegany 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 Maryland community of Bigg's [Allegany County].
      • Queen Anne's County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Bigg's [Queen Anne's County].
    • Missouri
      • Douglas County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bigg's [Douglas County].
    • New Mexico
      • Rio Arriba County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Bigg's [Rio Arriba County].
    • Oregon
      • Sherman County
      • This Bigg's is located in Sherman County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<1> to the north of the Bigg's that is located in Butte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sherman County community of Bigg's.
    • Texas
      • Panola 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 Texas community of Bigg's [Panola County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bigg's ...

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.

How Far From Bigg's 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 city such as Bigg's to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bigg's and extending to:

  • Oroville, which is the Seat of Butte County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bigg's to Oroville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 58 miles [93.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,367 miles [3,809.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,295 miles [11,740.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,062 miles [12,974.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,121 miles [9,850.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bigg's) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Bigg's 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 Bigg's, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Bigg's 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 Bigg's. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4152, Longitude: -121.7103    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.773 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.72 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.72 degrees.