Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Falk, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Falk and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Falk
- 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 Falk:
- 40.676942, -124.109027
- 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 Falk
- 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 Humboldt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Humboldt 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Falk ...
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.
- Cutten
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutten
- Cutten is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cutten <1>
- Elk River
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Fernbridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fernbridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbridge
- Fernbridge is located in Humboldt County
- Fields Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Landing
- Fields Landing is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fields Landing <1>
- Freshwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freshwater
- Freshwater is located in Humboldt County
- Freshwater Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freshwater Corners
- Freshwater Corners is located in Humboldt County
- Humboldt Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humboldt Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt Hill
- Humboldt Hill is located in Humboldt County
- King Salmon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King Salmon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Salmon
- King Salmon is located in Humboldt County
- Rosewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Spruce Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Point
- Spruce Point is located in Humboldt County
- Table Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Bluff
- Table Bluff is located in Humboldt County
How Far From Falk 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 Falk 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<3> community of Falk once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Falk and extending to:
- Eureka, which is the Seat of Humboldt County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Falk to Eureka, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 201 miles [323.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,470 miles [3,975.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 97 days and walking would take 141 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,255 miles [11,675.8 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 8,018 miles [12,903.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,113 miles [9,837.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Humboldt County: www.co.humboldt.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Falk, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Falk) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Falk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6769, Longitude: -124.1090 |
| <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 Falk 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 341.908 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.326 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 329.209 degrees. |