Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Dos Rios:
  • 39.717805, -123.353988
  • 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 Dos Rios

• 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 Dos Rios is near Lake County and also Trinity County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
  • 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 Dos Rios

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dos Rios ...

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.

• Card Place
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Card Place is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Card Place
• Heath Place
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Heath Place is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Place
• Indian Springs
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Indian Springs is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
• Jim Leggett Place
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jim Leggett Place is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Leggett Place
• Longvale
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Longvale is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longvale
• Marks Place
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Marks Place is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks Place
• Ralph Leggett Place
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Ralph Leggett Place is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph Leggett Place
• River Garden ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • River Garden is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Garden
• Spyrock
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Spyrock is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spyrock
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Spyrock
  • From Dos Rios to Spyrock
• Woodman
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodman is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman

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

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

• Ukiah, which is the Seat of Mendocino County, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Dos Rios to Ukiah, with an average speed<2> 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 127 miles [204.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,305 miles [11,756.3 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 8,070 miles [12,987.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,150 miles [9,897.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'