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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 Dean Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dean Place 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 Dean Place:
- 39.223224, -121.781083
- 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 Dean 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 Sutter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sutter County
- Since Dean Place is near Colusa County and also Santa Cruz County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colusa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Cruz 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 Dean Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dean 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.
- French Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- French Crossing is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Crossing
- Grand Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Island is located in Colusa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Island
- Joesphine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Joesphine is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joesphine
- Lira
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lira is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lira
- Live Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mendoza ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mendoza is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendoza
- Meridian
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Moons Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Moons Ferry is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moons Ferry
- Oliver ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oliver is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Progress
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Progress is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Sunset
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sunset is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
How Far From Dean Place 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 Dean Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dean Place and extending to:
- Yuba City, which is the Seat of Sutter County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dean Place to Yuba City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 47 miles [75.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,374 miles [3,820.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,309 miles [11,762.7 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 8,076 miles [12,997.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,135 miles [9,873.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dean Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Dean Place 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 Dean Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2232, Longitude: -121.7811 In this case, the coordinates for Dean Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.814 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.759 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.766 degrees. |
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