Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Favinger 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 Favinger Place:
  • 40.044603, -121.977486
  • 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 Favinger 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 Favinger Place is near Butte County and also Glenn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Butte County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Glenn 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 Favinger Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Favinger 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.

• Dairyville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Dairyville is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyville
• Deer Creek Crossing
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Deer Creek Crossing is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Crossing
• Ensign ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ensign is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign
• Grapevine Crossing
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Grapevine Crossing is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine Crossing
• Merrills Landing
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Merrills Landing is located in Butte County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrills Landing
• Roberts Place
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Roberts Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Place
• Six-Bit Crossing
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Six-Bit Crossing is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six-Bit Crossing
• Tenmile ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Tenmile is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
• Twentymile Crossing
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Twentymile Crossing is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twentymile Crossing

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Favinger Place and extending to:

• Red Bluff, which is the Seat of Tehama County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Favinger Place to Red Bluff, with an average speed<2> 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 104 miles [167.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,371 miles [3,815.8 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,259 miles [11,682.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,025 miles [12,915 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,092 miles [9,804.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'