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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 English Bar, we use the following websites to find information relevant to English Bar 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 English Bar:
- 39.870449, -120.816616
- 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 English Bar
- 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 Plumas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Plumas County
- Since English Bar is near Sierra County and also Yuba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sierra County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yuba 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 English Bar
Communities Also Named English Bar ...
We found one communities that are also named English Bar.
There is one other community in California that is also named English Bar.
Beyond California.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Yuba County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Yuba County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yuba County community of English Bar.
Curious and Interesting Names Near English Bar ...
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.
- Bells Bar ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bells Bar is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Bar
- Greenhorn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenhorn is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
- Howland Flat ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Howland Flat is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland Flat
- Johnsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Little Jamison ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Little Jamison is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Jamison
- Lovejoy ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lovejoy is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Mohawk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mohawk is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
- Spring Garden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Squirrel Creek ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Squirrel Creek is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Creek
- Two Rivers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Two Rivers is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Rivers
How Far From English Bar 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 English Bar 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 English Bar once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in English Bar and extending to:
- Quincy, which is the Seat of Plumas County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from English Bar to Sacramento, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,313 miles [3,722.4 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,249 miles [11,666.1 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 8,016 miles [12,900.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,069 miles [9,767.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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 English Bar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- English Bar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 English Bar 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 English Bar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8704, Longitude: -120.8166 In this case, the coordinates for English Bar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.071 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.904 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.16 degrees. |
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