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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 Hawkins Bar, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hawkins Bar 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 Hawkins Bar:
- 40.870136, -123.522824
- 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 Hawkins Bar
- 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 Trinity County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trinity County
- Since Hawkins Bar is near Humboldt County and also Siskiyou County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Humboldt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Siskiyou 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 Hawkins Bar
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hawkins Bar ...
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.
- Big Bar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burnt Ranch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Denny ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Denny is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny
- Helena ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Helena is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Jack Harveys Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Janes Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Janes Place is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janes Place
- Kings Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kings Crossing is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossing
- Maple Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Creek is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Creek
- Trinity Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Trinity Village is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Village
- Willow Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Hawkins Bar 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 Hawkins Bar to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hawkins Bar and extending to:
- Weaverville, which is the Seat of Trinity County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hawkins Bar to Weaverville, with an average speed<3> 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 over a day.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 191 miles [307.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,437 miles [3,922 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 139 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,232 miles [11,638.8 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 7,996 miles [12,868.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,086 miles [9,794.5 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 from Point A (ie- Hawkins Bar) 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 Hawkins Bar 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 Hawkins Bar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8701, Longitude: -123.5228 In this case, the coordinates for Hawkins Bar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.429 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.764 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.834 degrees. |
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