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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 Fowler Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fowler Place 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 Fowler Place:
    • 40.202097, -122.560564
    • 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 Fowler 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 Fowler Place is near Shasta County and also Glenn 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 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 Fowler Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fowler 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.

  • Cold Fork
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Cold Fork is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Fork
  • Deadman Crossing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Deadman Crossing is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Crossing
  • Haven Place
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Haven Place is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Place
  • Irish Place ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Irish Place is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Place
  • Leonard Place ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Leonard Place is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard Place
  • Mary Ellen Place
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mary Ellen Place is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Ellen Place
  • Pettyjohn Place
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Pettyjohn Place is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettyjohn Place
  • Red Bank
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Bank is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
  • Rosewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Rosewood is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
  • Skinner Mill Place
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Skinner Mill Place is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinner Mill Place

How Far From Fowler 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 Fowler 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 Fowler Place and extending to:

  • Red Bluff, which is the Seat of Tehama County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Fowler 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 125 miles [201.2 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 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,398 miles [3,859.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 137 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 6,099 miles [9,815.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fowler Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Fowler Place to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fowler Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2021, Longitude: -122.5606       In this case, the coordinates for Fowler Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.561 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.699 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.239 degrees.