Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Irish 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 Irish Place:
  • 40.130987, -122.535006
  • 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 Irish 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 Irish Place is near Shasta County and also Glenn 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 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 Irish Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Irish 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
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Cold Fork is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Fork
• Deadman Crossing
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Deadman Crossing is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Crossing
• Fowler Place
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Fowler Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Place
• Hammer Place
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Hammer Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammer Place
• Haven Place
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Haven Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Place
• Leonard Place ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Leonard Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard Place
• Mary Ellen Place
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Mary Ellen Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Ellen Place
• Pettyjohn Place
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Pettyjohn Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettyjohn Place
• Red Bank
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Red Bank is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
• Rosewood
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Rosewood is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
• Skinner Mill Place
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Skinner Mill Place is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinner Mill Place

How Far From Irish 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 Irish 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 Irish Place once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Irish Place and extending to:

• Red Bluff, which is the Seat of Tehama County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Irish Place to Red Bluff, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 120 miles [193.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 2,398 miles [3,859.2 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 7,264 miles [11,690.3 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 8,029 miles [12,921.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,103 miles [9,821.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'