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.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Inwood
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Tehama County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Inwood ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Inwood.
Within California, the name Inwood is unique.
Beyond California, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout 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
- Iowa
- 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
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- 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
- Texas
- Vermont
- West Virginia
- Florida
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.
- Balls Ferry ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Balls Ferry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Ferry
- Balls Ferry is located in Shasta County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Balls Ferry
- From Inwood to Balls Ferry
- Bullskin ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bullskin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullskin
- Bullskin is located in Shasta County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Bullskin
- From Inwood to Bullskin
- Clarkville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clarkville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkville
- Clarkville is located in Shasta County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Clarkville
- From Inwood to Clarkville
- Eudora Colony ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eudora Colony. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora Colony
- Eudora Colony is located in Shasta County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Eudora Colony
- From Inwood to Eudora Colony
- Fern
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
- Fern is located in Shasta County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Fern
- From Inwood to Fern
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fleaville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Fleaville is located in Shasta County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Fleaville
- From Inwood to Fleaville
- Henryford ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Ingot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingot
- Ingot is located in Shasta County
- Former names for Ingot:
- Afterthought
- Silverton
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Ingot
- From Inwood to Ingot
- Oak Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Run
- Oak Run is located in Shasta County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Run <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Oak Run
- From Inwood to Oak Run
- Shingletown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingletown
- Shingletown is located in Shasta County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shingletown <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Shingletown
- From Inwood to Shingletown
How Far From Inwood 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 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<6> 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<7> 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).<8>
- 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).<9>
- 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).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Inwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Shasta County: www.co.shasta.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- Inwood) to Point B.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 |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.087 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.149 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.858 degrees. |