Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Grass Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grass Lake and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Grass Lake
- 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 Lake:
- 41.634872, -122.191401
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Grass Lake
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Siskiyou County
- Since Grass Lake is near Klamath County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Klamath 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Grass Lake ...
We found five communities that share the name Grass Lake.
Within California, the name Grass Lake is unique.
Beyond California, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Lake County
- This Grass Lake is located in Lake County and lies 1,735 miles [2,792.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Grass Lake that is located in Siskiyou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Grass Lake.
- Michigan
- Jackson County
- This Grass Lake is located in Jackson County and lies 1,934 miles [3,112.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Grass Lake that is located in Siskiyou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Grass Lake.
- Mason County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Grass Lake [Mason County].
- Minnesota
- Kanabec County
- This Grass Lake is located in Kanabec County and lies 1,468 miles [2,362.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Grass Lake that is located in Siskiyou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanabec County community of Grass Lake.
- Mississippi
- Humphreys County
- This Grass Lake is located in Humphreys County and lies 1,827 miles [2,940.3 km]<1> to the east of the Grass Lake that is located in Siskiyou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humphreys County community of Grass Lake.
- Illinois
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grass Lake ...
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.
- Andesite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Big Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Big Springs is located in Siskiyou County
- Cougar ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cougar
- Cougar is located in Siskiyou County
- Graham ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Hotlum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Jerome
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Leaf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Little Shasta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Shasta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Shasta
- Little Shasta is located in Siskiyou County
How Far From Grass Lake 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 Grass Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grass Lake and extending to:
- Yreka, which is the Seat of Siskiyou County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Grass Lake to Yreka, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 214 miles [344.4 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,359 miles [3,796.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,160 miles [11,522.9 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 7,925 miles [12,754.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,005 miles [9,664.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grass Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Siskiyou County: www.co.siskiyou.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grass Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grass Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6349, Longitude: -122.1914 In this case, the coordinates for Grass Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Grass Lake 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Grass Lake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.374 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.546 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.976 degrees. |