Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Box Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Box Springs and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Box Springs
- 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 Box Springs:
- 33.946683, -117.296431
- 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 Box Springs
- 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 Riverside County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Riverside County
- Since Box Springs is near San Bernardino County and also Orange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for San Bernardino County
- eBird sighting report for Orange 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Box Springs ...
We found seven communities that share the name Box Springs.
There is one other community in California which is also named Box Springs.
Beyond California, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In California ...
- San Bernardino County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Box Springs [San Bernardino County].
- San Bernardino County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Box Springs is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 1,709 miles [2,750.4 km]<2> to the east of the Box Springs that is located in Riverside County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Box Springs.
- Arkansas
- Columbia County
- This Box Springs is located in Columbia County and lies 1,373 miles [2,209.6 km]<2> to the east of the Box Springs that is located in Riverside County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Box Springs.
- Georgia
- Talbot County
- This Box Springs is located in Talbot County and lies 1,879 miles [3,024 km]<2> to the east of the Box Springs that is located in Riverside County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Box Springs.
- Montana
- Fergus 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 Montana community of Box Springs [Fergus County].
- Nevada
- Eureka County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Eureka County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eureka County community of Box Springs.
- Nye County
- This community is historic and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Box Springs.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Box Springs ...
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.
- Belltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Casa Blanca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Casa Blanca have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
- Casa Blanca is located in Riverside County
- Glen Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Valley
- Glen Valley is located in Riverside County
- Grand Terrace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Terrace
- Grand Terrace is located in San Bernardino County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,692 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Terrace <5>
- Highgrove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Mead Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mead Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead Valley
- Mead Valley is located in Riverside County
- Moonlight Rim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moonlight Rim have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonlight Rim
- Moonlight Rim is located in Riverside County
- Mound City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mound City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Mound City is located in San Bernardino County
- Riverside Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Junction
- Riverside Junction is located in Riverside County
- Smiley Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smiley Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiley Heights
- Smiley Heights is located in San Bernardino County
How Far From Box Springs 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 Box Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Box Springs and extending to:
- Riverside, which is the Seat of Riverside County, lies just to the West.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Box Springs to Sacramento, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,244 miles [3,611.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 128 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,551 miles [12,152.2 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 8,320 miles [13,389.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,300 miles [10,138.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Box Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Riverside County: www.co.riverside.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Box Springs 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. |
| <2> | 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- Box Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Box Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9467, Longitude: -117.2964 In this case, the coordinates for Box Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Box Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Box Springs 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 335.441 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.164 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.084 degrees. |