Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Facht Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Facht Place and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Facht Place

• 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 Facht Place:
  • 40.242380, -121.963323
  • 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 Facht Place

• 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 Tehama County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tehama County
  • Since Facht Place is near Shasta County and also Butte County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Shasta County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Butte 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 Facht Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Facht Place ...

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.

• Cedar Crossing
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Cedar Crossing is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crossing
• Dairyville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dairyville is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyville
• Grapevine Crossing
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Grapevine Crossing is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine Crossing
• Jellys Ferry
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jellys Ferry is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jellys Ferry
• Lyonsville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Lyonsville is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
• Red Bluff
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Red Bluff is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,121 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Bluff <1>
• Roberts Place
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Roberts Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Place
• Six-Bit Crossing
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Six-Bit Crossing is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six-Bit Crossing
• Tenmile ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Tenmile is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
• Twentymile Crossing
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Twentymile Crossing is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twentymile Crossing
• Yellowjacket
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Yellowjacket is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowjacket

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Facht Place and extending to:

• Red Bluff, which is the Seat of Tehama County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Facht Place to Red Bluff, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
• Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 117 miles [188.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,367 miles [3,809.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,246 miles [11,661.3 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 8,012 miles [12,894.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,080 miles [9,784.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'