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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 Drum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Drum 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 Drum:
- 39.249066, -120.753548
- 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 Drum
- 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 Placer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Placer County
- Since Drum is near Nevada County and also Shasta County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nevada County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shasta 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 Drum
Communities Also Named Drum ...
We found three communities that are also named Drum.
Within California, the name Drum is unique.
Beyond California, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Drum [Montgomery County].
- Kentucky
- Pulaski County
- This Drum is located in Pulaski County and lies 1,961 miles [3,155.9 km]<2> to the east of the Drum that is located in Placer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Drum.
- Missouri
- Bollinger County
- This Drum is located in Bollinger County and lies 1,672 miles [2,690.8 km]<2> to the east of the Drum that is located in Placer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bollinger County community of Drum.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Drum ...
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.
- Alpha ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Alpha is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Bear Valley ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Valley is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Democrat ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Democrat is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat
- Dutch Flat
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Emigrant Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Forebay
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Forebay is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forebay
- Junction House
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Junction House is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction House
- Midas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Midas is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midas
- Rawhide
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rawhide is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
How Far From Drum to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Drum to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Drum once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Drum and extending to:
- Auburn, which is the Seat of Placer County, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Drum to Auburn, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full 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 60 miles [96.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,320 miles [3,733.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,288 miles [11,728.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,055 miles [12,963.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,103 miles [9,821.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Drum 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Drum) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Drum, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Drum 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 Drum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2491, Longitude: -120.7535 In this case, the coordinates for Drum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.957 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.735 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.132 degrees. |
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