Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Heitman 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 Heitman Place:
  • 40.157930, -122.704731
  • 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 Heitman 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 Tehama County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tehama County
  • Since Heitman Place is near Shasta County and also Trinity County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Shasta County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Trinity 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 Heitman Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Heitman 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.

• Cold Fork
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Cold Fork is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Fork
• Deadman Crossing
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Deadman Crossing is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Crossing
• Fowler Place
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Fowler Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Place
• Hammer Place
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Hammer Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammer Place
• Haven Place
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Haven Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Place
• Irish Place ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Irish Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Place
• Mary Ellen Place
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Mary Ellen Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Ellen Place
• Pettyjohn Place
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Pettyjohn Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettyjohn Place
• Skinner Mill Place
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Skinner Mill Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinner Mill Place

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Heitman Place once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Heitman Place and extending to:

• Red Bluff, which is the Seat of Tehama County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Heitman Place to Red Bluff, with an average speed<3> 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 126 miles [202.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,406 miles [3,872.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 137 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,265 miles [11,691.9 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 8,030 miles [12,923 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,106 miles [9,826.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'