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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 Dawes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dawes 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 Dawes:
- 38.949066, -123.085002
- 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 Dawes
- 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 Mendocino County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mendocino County
- Since Dawes is near Sonoma County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sonoma County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Dawes
Communities Also Named Dawes ...
We found six communities that are also named Dawes.
Within California, the name Dawes is unique.
Beyond California, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Mobile County
- This Dawes is located in Mobile County and lies 2,043 miles [3,287.9 km]<1> to the east of the Dawes that is located in Mendocino County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Dawes.
- Illinois
- Perry County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Dawes [Perry County].
- Ohio
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Dawes [Washington County].
- Oklahoma
- Ottawa County
- This Dawes is located in Ottawa County and lies 1,530 miles [2,462.3 km]<1> to the east of the Dawes that is located in Mendocino County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Dawes.
- Texas
- Harris County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Dawes [Harris County].
- West Virginia
- Kanawha County
- This Dawes is located in Kanawha County and lies 2,229 miles [3,587.2 km]<1> to the east of the Dawes that is located in Mendocino County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Dawes.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dawes ...
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.
- Asylum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Asylum is located in Mendocino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
- Big Valley Rancheria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Black Oaks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Black Oaks is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oaks
- Cloverdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Glenview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Glenview is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
- Hermitage ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hermitage is located in Mendocino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Hopland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nice
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oasis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oasis is located in Mendocino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Pepperwood Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pepperwood Grove is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperwood Grove
- Presswood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Presswood is located in Mendocino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presswood
- Soda Bay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Dawes 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 Dawes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dawes and extending to:
- Ukiah, which is the Seat of Mendocino County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dawes to Ukiah, with an average speed<4> 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 four to five hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 89 miles [143.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,446 miles [3,936.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 139 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,350 miles [11,828.7 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 8,116 miles [13,061.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,187 miles [9,957 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Dawes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Dawes 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. |
| <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 Dawes 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 Dawes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9491, Longitude: -123.0850 In this case, the coordinates for Dawes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.886 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.03 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.578 degrees. |
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