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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 Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to French Crossing 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 Crossing:
- 39.337110, -121.896918
- 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 Crossing
- 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 Butte County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butte County
- Since French Crossing is near Glenn County and also Sutter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Glenn County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sutter 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 Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near French Crossing ...
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.
- Burts Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Burts Ferry is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burts Ferry
- Dean Place
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dean Place is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean Place
- Dodgeland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dodgeland is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeland
- Glenn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lira
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lira is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lira
- Live Oak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lorraine ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lorraine is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Mendoza ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mendoza is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendoza
- Meridian
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Moons Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Moons Ferry is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moons Ferry
- Robinsons Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Robinsons Corner is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Corner
- Sunset
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
How Far From French Crossing 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 French Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in French Crossing and extending to:
- Oroville, which is the Seat of Butte County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from French Crossing to Oroville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 56 miles [90.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,378 miles [3,827 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 136 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,304 miles [11,754.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,070 miles [12,987.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,131 miles [9,866.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- French Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Crossing 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 Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3371, Longitude: -121.8969 In this case, the coordinates for French Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.922 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.894 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.836 degrees. |
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