Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Foster Bar, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Foster Bar and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Foster Bar
- 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 Foster Bar:
- 39.436267, -121.129785
- 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 Foster 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 Yuba County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Yuba County
- Since Foster Bar is near Sierra County and also Nevada County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sierra County
- eBird sighting report for Nevada 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 Foster 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.
- Badger Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Badger Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger Hill
- Badger Hill is located in Nevada County
- Birchville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchville
- Birchville is located in Nevada County
- Challenge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Challenge is located in Yuba County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Challenge <2>
- Cherokee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Depot Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Depot Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
- Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
- Freemans Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freemans Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemans Crossing
- Freemans Crossing is located in Sierra County
- Frenchtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frenchtown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Frenchtown is located in Yuba County
- Galena Hill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galena Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Hill
- Galena Hill is located in Yuba County
- Garden Valley ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
- Greenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Yuba County
- Pike
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Sweetland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Weeds Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weeds Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeds Point
- Weeds Point is located in Yuba County
- Woodleaf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Foster 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 Foster 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<4> community of Foster Bar once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Foster Bar and extending to:
- Marysville, which is the Seat of Yuba County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<5> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Foster Bar to Marysville, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 62 miles [99.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,336 miles [3,759.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,283 miles [11,720.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,050 miles [12,955.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,103 miles [9,821.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Yuba County: www.co.yuba.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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 Foster Bar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Foster Bar) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Foster Bar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4363, Longitude: -121.1298 In this case, the coordinates for Foster Bar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Foster Bar to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.29 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.143 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.361 degrees. |