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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 French Corral, we use the following websites to find information relevant to French Corral and the surrounding area.
- 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 French Corral:
- 39.306004, -121.161345
- 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 French Corral
- 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 Nevada County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nevada County
- Since French Corral is near Yuba County and also Sierra County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yuba County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sierra 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 French Corral
Curious and Interesting Names Near French Corral ...
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.
- Birchville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Birchville is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchville
- Champion ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Champion is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Cherokee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
- Condemned Bar ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Condemned Bar is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condemned Bar
- Cypress Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Hill is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Hill
- Freemans Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Freemans Crossing is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemans Crossing
- Frenches Ravine ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frenches Ravine is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenches Ravine
- Frenchtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Jones Bar ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jones Bar is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Bar
- Oregon House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Providence ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Providence is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Rice Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rice Crossing is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Crossing
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Ridge View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ridge View is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge View
- Rough and Ready
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sunrise Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sunrise Heights is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Heights
- Sunset View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset View is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset View
- Sweetland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sweetland is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland
- Timber Trails
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Timber Trails is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Trails
How Far From French Corral to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as French Corral 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<2> community of French Corral once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in French Corral and extending to:
- Nevada City, which is the Seat of Nevada County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from French Corral to Sacramento, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,340 miles [3,765.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,292 miles [11,735.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,059 miles [12,969.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,112 miles [9,836.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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> | 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 French Corral, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- French Corral) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 French Corral 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 French Corral. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3060, Longitude: -121.1613 In this case, the coordinates for French Corral have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.303 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.152 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.382 degrees. |
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