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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 Dry Creek Rancheria, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dry Creek Rancheria 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 Dry Creek Rancheria:
- 38.702523, -122.856501
- 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 Dry Creek Rancheria
- 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 Sonoma County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sonoma County
- Since Dry Creek Rancheria is near Lake County and also Mendocino 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 Mendocino 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 Dry Creek Rancheria
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dry Creek Rancheria ...
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.
- Black Oaks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Black Oaks is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oaks
- Cloverdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Geyserville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Grant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grant is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Jimtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jimtown is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Kellogg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kellogg is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Mercuryville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mercuryville is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercuryville
- Whispering Pines
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whispering Pines is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
How Far From Dry Creek Rancheria 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 Dry Creek Rancheria to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dry Creek Rancheria and extending to:
- Santa Rosa, which is the Seat of Sonoma County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dry Creek Rancheria to Santa Rosa, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 74 miles [119.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,439 miles [3,925.2 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,362 miles [11,848 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 8,128 miles [13,080.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,196 miles [9,971.5 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- Dry Creek Rancheria) 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 Dry Creek Rancheria 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 Dry Creek Rancheria. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7025, Longitude: -122.8565 In this case, the coordinates for Dry Creek Rancheria have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.668 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.758 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.437 degrees. |
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