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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 Inwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Inwood 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 Inwood:
    • 40.524231, -121.960872
    • 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 Inwood
  • 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 Shasta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shasta County
    • Since Inwood is near Tehama County and also Plumas 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 Plumas 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 Inwood

Communities Also Named Inwood ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Inwood.

Within California, the name Inwood is unique.

Beyond California, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Jackson County
      • This Inwood is located in Jackson County and lies 2,166 miles [3,485.8 km]<1> to the east of the Inwood that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Inwood.
      • Polk County
      • This Inwood is located in Polk County and lies 2,425 miles [3,902.7 km] to the east of the Inwood that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Inwood.
    • Indiana
      • Marshall County
      • This Inwood is located in Marshall County and lies 1,853 miles [2,982.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Inwood that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Inwood.
    • Iowa
      • Lyon County
      • This Inwood is located in Lyon County and lies 1,320 miles [2,124.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Inwood that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Inwood.
    • Manitoba
      • This Inwood lies 1,360 miles [2,188.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Inwood that is located in Shasta County.
    • Maryland
      • Howard County
      • This Inwood is located in Howard County and lies 2,355 miles [3,790 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Inwood that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Inwood.
    • Michigan
      • Charlevoix 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 Inwood [Charlevoix County].
    • Mississippi
      • Sunflower County
      • This Inwood is located in Sunflower County and lies 1,789 miles [2,879.1 km]<1> to the east of the Inwood that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sunflower County community of Inwood.
    • New York
      • Nassau County
      • This Inwood is located in Nassau County and lies 2,496 miles [4,016.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Inwood that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Inwood.
      • New York County
      • This Inwood is located in New York County and lies 2,482 miles [3,994.4 km] to the east northeast of the Inwood that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New York County community of Inwood.
      • Queens 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 New York community of Inwood [Queens County].
    • Ontario
      • This Inwood lies 2,048 miles [3,295.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Inwood that is located in Shasta County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lebanon County
      • This Inwood is located in Lebanon County and lies 2,358 miles [3,794.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Inwood that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lebanon County community of Inwood.
    • Texas
      • Dallas County
      • This Inwood is located in Dallas County and lies 1,480 miles [2,381.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Inwood that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Inwood.
    • Vermont
      • Caledonia 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 Vermont community of Inwood [Caledonia County].
    • West Virginia
      • Berkeley County
      • This Inwood is located in Berkeley County and lies 2,302 miles [3,704.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Inwood that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Inwood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Inwood ...

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.

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Inwood and extending to:

  • Redding, which is the Seat of Shasta County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Inwood to Redding, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 136 miles [218.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,362 miles [3,801.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,228 miles [11,632.3 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 7,994 miles [12,865.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,064 miles [9,759.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Inwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Inwood 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Inwood 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 Inwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5242, Longitude: -121.9609    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.087 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.149 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.858 degrees.