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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 Coffee Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coffee Creek 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 Coffee Creek:
    • 41.089035, -122.708912
    • 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 Coffee Creek
  • 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 Trinity County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Trinity County
    • Since Coffee Creek is near Siskiyou County and also Shasta 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 Shasta 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 Coffee Creek

Communities Also Named Coffee Creek ...

We found three communities that are also named Coffee Creek.

Within California, the name Coffee Creek is unique.

Beyond California, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Phillips 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 Arkansas community of Coffee Creek [Phillips County].
    • Kentucky
      • Morgan County
      • This Coffee Creek is located in Morgan County and lies 2,105 miles [3,387.7 km]<2> to the east of the Coffee Creek that is located in Trinity County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Coffee Creek.
    • Montana
      • Fergus County
      • This Coffee Creek is located in Fergus County and lies 758 miles [1,219.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Coffee Creek that is located in Trinity County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fergus County community of Coffee Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Coffee Creek ...

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.

  • Cedar Stock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Stock is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Stock
  • Coffee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Coffee is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee
  • Delta
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Delta is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Former name for Delta:
    • Bayles
  • Fisher ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Fisher is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
  • Flume ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Flume is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flume
  • Minersville ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Minersville is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
  • Riverview
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Riverview is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Stringtown ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Stringtown is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
  • Summerville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Summerville is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
  • Trinity Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

How Far From Coffee Creek to ...

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 Coffee Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Coffee Creek and extending to:

  • Weaverville, which is the Seat of Trinity County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Coffee Creek to Weaverville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full 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 184 miles [296.1 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 2,393 miles [3,851.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,204 miles [11,593.7 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 7,969 miles [12,824.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,051 miles [9,738.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Coffee Creek 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- Coffee Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Coffee Creek 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 Coffee Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0890, Longitude: -122.7089       In this case, the coordinates for Coffee Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.762 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.981 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.316 degrees.