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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 Dorris, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dorris 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 Dorris:
- 41.967069, -121.918232
- 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 Dorris
- 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 Siskiyou County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Siskiyou County
- Since Dorris is near Klamath County and also Modoc County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Klamath County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Modoc 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 Dorris
Communities Also Named Dorris ...
We found two communities that are also named Dorris.
Within California, the name Dorris is unique.
Beyond California, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Douglas County
- This Dorris is located in Douglas County and lies 2,086 miles [3,357.1 km]<1> to the east of the Dorris that is located in Siskiyou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Dorris.
- Tennessee
- Hardeman 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 Tennessee community of Dorris [Hardeman County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dorris ...
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.
- Chase ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Chase is located in Klamath County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Fairhaven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fairhaven is located in Klamath County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- Falcon Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Falcon Heights is located in Klamath County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Heights
- Gem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gem is located in Klamath County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
- Jerome
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jerome is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Keno
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lost River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lost River is located in Klamath County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
- Merrill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Upper Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Crossing is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Crossing
How Far From Dorris 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 city such as Dorris to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dorris and extending to:
- Yreka, which is the Seat of Siskiyou County, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dorris to Yreka, 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 234 miles [376.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,341 miles [3,767.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,133 miles [11,479.5 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 7,899 miles [12,712.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,978 miles [9,620.7 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dorris) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Dorris 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 Dorris 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 Dorris. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9671, Longitude: -121.9182 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.173 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.324 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.793 degrees. |
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