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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 Bullards Bar, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bullards Bar 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 Bullards Bar:
- 39.422536, -121.138867
- 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 Bullards Bar
- 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 Yuba County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yuba County
- Since Bullards Bar is near Sierra County and also Nevada County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sierra County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nevada 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 Bullards Bar
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bullards Bar ...
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.
- Badger Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Badger Hill is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger Hill
- Birchville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Challenge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
- Condemned Bar ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Condemned Bar is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condemned Bar
- Depot Hill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Freemans Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Freemans Crossing is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemans Crossing
- Frenches Ravine ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Frenches Ravine is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenches Ravine
- Frenchtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Frenchtown is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Galena Hill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Galena Hill is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Hill
- Garden Valley ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Greenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greenville is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Pike
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pike is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Pike has also been known as:
- Pike City
- Sweetland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sweetland is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland
- Weeds Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Weeds Point is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeds Point
- Woodleaf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodleaf is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodleaf
How Far From Bullards Bar to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bullards Bar 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<2> community of Bullards Bar once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bullards Bar and extending to:
- Marysville, which is the Seat of Yuba County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bullards Bar to Marysville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 61 miles [98.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,337 miles [3,761 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,284 miles [11,722.5 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 8,051 miles [12,956.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,105 miles [9,825 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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> | 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 Bullards Bar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Bullards Bar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bullards Bar 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 Bullards Bar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4225, Longitude: -121.1389 In this case, the coordinates for Bullards Bar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.296 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.149 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.366 degrees. |
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