Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Hardy Place:
  • 39.800988, -122.950838
  • 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 Hardy Place

• 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 Mendocino County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mendocino County
  • Since Hardy Place is near Tehama County and also Glenn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tehama County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Glenn 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 Hardy Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hardy Place ...

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.

• Carpenter Place
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Carpenter Place is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Place
• Copper City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Copper City is located in Glenn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
• Fiddlers Green
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Fiddlers Green is located in Glenn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlers Green
• Four Pines
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Four Pines is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Pines
• Griffin Place
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Griffin Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Place
• Hays Place
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Hays Place is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Place
• Jenks Place
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jenks Place is located in Glenn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks Place
• Lone Star ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lone Star is located in Glenn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
• Marks Place
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Marks Place is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks Place
• Sunnyside
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunnyside is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside

How Far From Hardy Place 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 Hardy Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Ukiah, which is the Seat of Mendocino County, lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hardy Place to Ukiah, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
• Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 115 miles [185.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,425 miles [3,902.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 138 days.
• The shortest distance<3> 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).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,058 miles [12,968.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,134 miles [9,871.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'