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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 Dinsmore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dinsmore 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 Dinsmore:
    • 40.491895, -123.607652
    • 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 Dinsmore
  • 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 Humboldt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Humboldt County
    • Since Dinsmore is near Trinity County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Trinity 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 Dinsmore

Communities Also Named Dinsmore ...

We found nine communities that are also named Dinsmore.

Within California, the name Dinsmore is unique.

Beyond California, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Newton County
      • This Dinsmore is located in Newton County and lies 1,652 miles [2,658.6 km]<1> to the east of the Dinsmore that is located in Humboldt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Dinsmore.
    • Colorado
      • Pueblo 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 Colorado community of Dinsmore [Pueblo County].
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • This Dinsmore is located in Duval County and lies 2,430 miles [3,910.7 km]<1> to the east of the Dinsmore that is located in Humboldt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Dinsmore.
    • Georgia
      • Fulton 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 Georgia community of Dinsmore [Fulton County].
    • Mississippi
      • Noxubee County
      • This Dinsmore is located in Noxubee County and lies 2,000 miles [3,218.7 km]<1> to the east of the Dinsmore that is located in Humboldt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noxubee County community of Dinsmore.
    • Missouri
      • Mercer County
      • This Dinsmore is located in Mercer County and lies 1,562 miles [2,513.8 km]<1> to the east of the Dinsmore that is located in Humboldt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Dinsmore.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington County
      • This Dinsmore is located in Washington County and lies 2,245 miles [3,613 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Dinsmore that is located in Humboldt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Dinsmore.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Dinsmore lies 1,073 miles [1,726.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Dinsmore that is located in Humboldt County.
    • Texas
      • Wharton County
      • This Dinsmore is located in Wharton County and lies 1,730 miles [2,784.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Dinsmore that is located in Humboldt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wharton County community of Dinsmore.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dinsmore ...

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.

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

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

  • Eureka, which is the Seat of Humboldt County, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dinsmore to Eureka, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 173 miles [278.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,447 miles [3,938.1 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 7,259 miles [11,682.2 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 8,023 miles [12,911.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,111 miles [9,834.7 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dinsmore) 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 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 Dinsmore 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 Dinsmore 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 Dinsmore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4919, Longitude: -123.6077    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.468 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.794 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.894 degrees.