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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 Castella, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Castella 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 Castella:
- 41.139801, -122.317423
- 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 Castella
- 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 Shasta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shasta County
- Since Castella is near Siskiyou County and also Trinity County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Siskiyou County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trinity 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 Castella
Curious and Interesting Names Near Castella ...
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.
- Deetz
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Deetz is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deetz
- Delta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fisher ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Flume ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Howard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Howard is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Pierce
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pierce is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Pioneer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pioneer is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Pollock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Riverview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Riverview is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Signal Butte
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Signal Butte is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Butte
- Sweetbriar
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
How Far From Castella 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 Castella to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Castella and extending to:
- Redding, which is the Seat of Shasta County, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Castella to Redding, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,372 miles [3,817.4 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,194 miles [11,577.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,959 miles [12,808.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,037 miles [9,715.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Castella) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Castella 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 Castella. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1398, Longitude: -122.3174 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.439 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.598 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.068 degrees. |
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