Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Dawson Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dawson Place and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Dawson Place

• 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 Dawson Place:
  • 39.923766, -122.707501
  • 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 Dawson Place

• 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 Tehama County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tehama County
  • Since Dawson Place is near Glenn County and also Mendocino County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Glenn County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mendocino 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 Dawson Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dawson Place ...

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.

• Chrome
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Chrome is located in Glenn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrome
• Copper City
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Copper City is located in Glenn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
• Fiddlers Green
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Fiddlers Green is located in Glenn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlers Green
• Griffin Place
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Griffin Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Place
• Hammer Place
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Hammer Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammer Place
• Hardy Place
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Hardy Place is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Place
• Leonard Place ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Leonard Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard Place
• Lone Star ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Lone Star is located in Glenn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
• Mary Ellen Place
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Mary Ellen Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Ellen Place
• Mitchell Place
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Mitchell Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Place
• Sunnyside
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunnyside is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside

How Far From Dawson Place 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 Dawson Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Dawson Place and extending to:

• Red Bluff, which is the Seat of Tehama County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dawson Place to Red Bluff, with an average speed<2> 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 113 miles [181.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,410 miles [3,878.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 137 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,280 miles [11,716 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 8,046 miles [12,948.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,120 miles [9,849.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'