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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 Everglade, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Everglade 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 Everglade:
    • 38.982395, -121.767467
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Everglade
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Everglade ...

We found two communities that share the name Everglade.

Within California, the name Everglade is unique.

Beyond California, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tallapoosa County
      • This Everglade is located in Tallapoosa County and lies 2,045 miles [3,291.1 km]<1> to the east of the Everglade that is located in Sutter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallapoosa County community of Everglade.
    • Tennessee
      • Rutherford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Everglade [Rutherford County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Everglade ...

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.

  • College City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Cornelius ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornelius have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelius
    • Cornelius is located in Sutter County
  • Grand Island
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Island have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Island
    • Grand Island is located in Colusa County
  • Hershey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hershey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hershey
    • Hershey is located in Yolo County
  • Joesphine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joesphine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joesphine
    • Joesphine is located in Sutter County
  • Kirkville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kirkville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
    • Kirkville is located in Sutter County
  • Knights Landing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Lira
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lira have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lira
    • Lira is located in Sutter County
  • Meridian
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Progress
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Progress have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
    • Progress is located in Sutter County
  • Robbins
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Everglade and extending to:

  • Yuba City, which is the Seat of Sutter County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Everglade to Yuba City, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 31 miles [49.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,377 miles [3,825.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 7,324 miles [11,786.8 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 8,091 miles [13,021.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,148 miles [9,894.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Everglade. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Sutter County: www.co.sutter.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Everglade) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Everglade. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9824, Longitude: -121.7675       In this case, the coordinates for Everglade have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Everglade 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Everglade to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.779 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.705 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.76 degrees.









 

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