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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 Gordons Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gordons Ferry 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 Gordons Ferry:
- 41.781237, -123.327554
- 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 Gordons Ferry
- 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 Siskiyou County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Siskiyou County
- Since Gordons Ferry is near Jackson County and also Josephine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Josephine 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 Gordons Ferry
Communities Also Named Gordons Ferry ...
We found one communities that are also named Gordons Ferry.
Within California, the name Gordons Ferry is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Gordons Ferry in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Jackson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Gordons Ferry [Jackson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gordons Ferry ...
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.
- Clear Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Creek is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Copper ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Copper is located in Jackson County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper
- Cottage Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Grove is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Eileen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eileen is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eileen
- Ferry Point ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ferry Point is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Point
- Happy Camp
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Horse Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Horse Creek is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Oakbar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Oakbar is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakbar
- Steelhead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Steelhead is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelhead
How Far From Gordons Ferry 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 Gordons Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Gordons Ferry and extending to:
- Yreka, which is the Seat of Siskiyou County, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Gordons Ferry to Yreka, with an average speed<4> 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 about two full days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 241 miles [387.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,415 miles [3,886.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 138 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,169 miles [11,537.4 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 7,933 miles [12,766.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,027 miles [9,699.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Gordons Ferry could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gordons Ferry) 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 Gordons Ferry 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 Gordons Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7812, Longitude: -123.3276 In this case, the coordinates for Gordons Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.338 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.697 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.692 degrees. |
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