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 Challenge:
39.484601, -121.227895
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 Challenge
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:
We found one communities that are also named Challenge.
Within California, the name Challenge is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Challenge in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Pennsylvania
Elk County
This Challenge is located in Elk County and lies 2,218 miles [3,569.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Challenge that is located in Yuba County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elk County community of Challenge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Challenge ...
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.
Craig ‑ Historic (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Challenge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Challenge and extending to:
Marysville, which is the Seat of Yuba County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Challenge to Marysville, with an average speed<3> 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 63 miles [101.4 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 2,341 miles [3,767.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,282 miles [11,719.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,049 miles [12,953.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,103 miles [9,821.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
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- Challenge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Challenge 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 Challenge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4846, Longitude: -121.2279
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.376 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.249 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.42 degrees.