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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 Bully Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bully Hill 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 Bully Hill:
    • 40.78821, -122.190721
    • 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 Bully Hill
  • 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 Bully Hill ...

We found one communities that share the name Bully Hill.

Within California, the name Bully Hill is unique.

Beyond California, there is another community also named Bully Hill in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Venango County
      • This Bully Hill is located in Venango County and lies 2,183 miles [3,513.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bully Hill that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Bully Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bully Hill ...

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.

  • Antlers
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antlers
    • Antlers is located in Shasta County
  • Bonita ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bonita. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
    • Bonita is located in Shasta County
  • Bullskin ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bullskin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullskin
    • Bullskin is located in Shasta County
  • Copper City ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Copper City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
    • Copper City is located in Shasta County
  • Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elizabethtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
    • Elizabethtown is located in Shasta County
  • Furnaceville ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Furnaceville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnaceville
    • Furnaceville is located in Shasta County
  • Ingot
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingot
    • Ingot is located in Shasta County
    • Former names for Ingot:
    • Afterthought
    • Silverton
  • Kelly ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelly have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
    • Kelly is located in Shasta County
  • Mabel ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mabel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
    • Mabel is located in Shasta County
  • Mountain Gate
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Gate
    • Mountain Gate is located in Shasta County
    • Former names for Mountain Gate:
    • Bass
    • Fish's Station
  • Oak Run
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sugarloaf
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf
    • Sugarloaf is located in Shasta County
  • Tunnel Inn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunnel Inn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Inn
    • Tunnel Inn is located in Shasta County

How Far From Bully Hill 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 Bully Hill 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<5> community of Bully Hill once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Bully Hill and extending to:

  • Redding, which is the Seat of Shasta County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bully Hill to Redding, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 156 miles [251.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,370 miles [3,814.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,215 miles [11,611.4 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 7,980 miles [12,842.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,055 miles [9,744.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>

The official website for Shasta County: www.co.shasta.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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bully Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bully Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7882, Longitude: -122.1907    
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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 Bully Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Bully Hill 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 340.302 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.419 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.996 degrees.









 

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