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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 Elizabethtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elizabethtown 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 Elizabethtown:
    • 40.780054, -122.212436
    • 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 Elizabethtown
  • 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 Shasta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shasta County
    • Since Elizabethtown is near Trinity County and also Siskiyou County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Trinity County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Siskiyou 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 Elizabethtown

Communities Also Named Elizabethtown ...

We found nineteen communities that are also named Elizabethtown.

There is one other community in California that is also named Elizabethtown.

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

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • Plumas County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Plumas County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plumas County community of Elizabethtown.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Hardin County
      • This Elizabethtown is located in Hardin County and lies 1,819 miles [2,927.4 km]<2> to the east of the Elizabethtown that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Elizabethtown.
    • Indiana
      • Bartholomew County
      • This Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County and lies 1,916 miles [3,083.5 km]<2> to the east of the Elizabethtown that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartholomew County community of Elizabethtown.
    • Kansas
      • Anderson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Elizabethtown [Anderson County].
      • Johnson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Elizabethtown [Johnson County].
    • Kentucky
      • Hardin County
      • This Elizabethtown is located in Hardin County and lies 1,940 miles [3,122.1 km]<2> to the east of the Elizabethtown that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Elizabethtown.
    • New Mexico
      • Colfax County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Elizabethtown [Colfax County].
    • New York
      • Essex County
      • This Elizabethtown is located in Essex County and lies 2,450 miles [3,942.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Elizabethtown that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Elizabethtown.
      • Herkimer County
      • This Elizabethtown is located in Herkimer County and lies 2,396 miles [3,856 km] to the east northeast of the Elizabethtown that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Herkimer County community of Elizabethtown.
    • North Carolina
      • Bladen County
      • This Elizabethtown is located in Bladen County and lies 2,394 miles [3,852.8 km]<2> to the east of the Elizabethtown that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bladen County community of Elizabethtown.
    • Ohio
      • Ashland County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Ashland County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashland County community of Elizabethtown.
      • Guernsey County
      • This Elizabethtown is located in Guernsey County and lies 2,126 miles [3,421.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Elizabethtown that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of Elizabethtown.
      • Hamilton County
      • This Elizabethtown is located in Hamilton County and lies 1,967 miles [3,165.6 km] to the east of the Elizabethtown that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Elizabethtown.
      • Seneca County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Elizabethtown [Seneca County].
      • Warren County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Elizabethtown [Warren County].
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Elizabethtown.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This Elizabethtown is located in Lancaster County and lies 2,368 miles [3,810.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Elizabethtown that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Elizabethtown.
    • South Dakota
      • Lawrence County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Elizabethtown [Lawrence County].
    • Texas
      • Denton County
      • This Elizabethtown is located in Denton County and lies 1,471 miles [2,367.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Elizabethtown that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Denton County community of Elizabethtown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Elizabethtown ...

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 Elizabethtown 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 Elizabethtown 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 community of Elizabethtown once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Elizabethtown and extending to:

  • Redding, which is the Seat of Shasta County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Elizabethtown to Redding, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 156 miles [251.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,372 miles [3,817.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,216 miles [11,613 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 7,981 miles [12,844.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,056 miles [9,746.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Elizabethtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Elizabethtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Elizabethtown 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Elizabethtown 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 Elizabethtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7801, Longitude: -122.2124    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.32 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.44 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.01 degrees.