Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Grass Flat, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grass Flat and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Grass Flat

• 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 Grass Flat:
  • 39.675727, -120.935230
  • 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 Grass Flat

• 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 Sierra County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sierra County
  • Since Grass Flat is near Plumas County and also Yuba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Plumas County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Yuba 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 Grass Flat

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grass Flat ...

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.

• Deadwood ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Deadwood is located in Sierra County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwood
• Eureka ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Eureka is located in Sierra County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
• Howland Flat ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Howland Flat is located in Sierra County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland Flat
• Little Grass Valley
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Little Grass Valley is located in Plumas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Grass Valley
• Mount Pleasant
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Sierra County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Poverty Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Poverty Hill is located in Sierra County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poverty Hill
• Queen City
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Queen City is located in Sierra County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
• Scales ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Scales is located in Sierra County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scales
• Union Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Union Hill is located in Sierra County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill

How Far From Grass Flat 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 Grass Flat to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Grass Flat and extending to:

• Downieville, which is the Seat of Sierra County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Grass Flat to Downieville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 81 miles [130.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,322 miles [3,736.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,264 miles [11,690.3 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 8,031 miles [12,924.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,084 miles [9,791.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'