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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 Black Forest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Black Forest and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Black Forest:
    • 40.259049, -121.377470
    • 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 Black Forest
  • 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

Communities Also Named Black Forest ...

We found five communities that share the name Black Forest.

Within California, the name Black Forest is unique.

Beyond California, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • El Paso County
      • This Black Forest is located in El Paso County and lies 889 miles [1,430.7 km]<1> to the east of the Black Forest that is located in Tehama County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Paso County community of Black Forest.
    • Georgia
      • Paulding County
      • This Black Forest is located in Paulding County and lies 2,049 miles [3,297.5 km]<1> to the east of the Black Forest that is located in Tehama County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Black Forest.
    • Nevada
      • Elko County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Black Forest [Elko County].
    • New Mexico
      • Lincoln County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Black Forest [Lincoln County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Potter County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Black Forest [Potter County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Black Forest ...

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.

  • Chester
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Childs Meadows
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Childs Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Meadows
    • Childs Meadows is located in Tehama County
  • Deer Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
    • Deer Creek is located in Tehama County
  • Drakesbad
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drakesbad have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesbad
    • Drakesbad is located in Plumas County
  • Foxwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foxwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood
    • Foxwood is located in Plumas County
  • Jonesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonesville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
    • Jonesville is located in Butte County
  • Longville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
    • Longville is located in Plumas County
  • Mineral
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Prattville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)

How Far From Black Forest 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 Black Forest to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Black Forest and extending to:

  • Red Bluff, which is the Seat of Tehama County, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Black Forest to Red Bluff, with an average speed<6> 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.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 116 miles [186.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,336 miles [3,759.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,235 miles [11,643.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,001 miles [12,876.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,063 miles [9,757.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Black Forest. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tehama County: www.co.tehama.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Black Forest) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Black Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2590, Longitude: -121.3775       In this case, the coordinates for Black Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Black Forest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Black Forest 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>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 Black Forest to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.575 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.526 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.499 degrees.




 

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