Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Jenks 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 Jenks Place:
  • 39.708489, -122.848334
  • 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 Jenks 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 Glenn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Glenn County
  • Since Jenks Place is near Mendocino County and also Tehama County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mendocino County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tehama 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 Jenks Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jenks 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.

• Carpenter Place
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Carpenter Place is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Place
• Copper City
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Copper City is located in Glenn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
• Dogtown
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Dogtown is located in Glenn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
• Fiddlers Green
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Fiddlers Green is located in Glenn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlers Green
• Four Pines
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Four Pines is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Pines
• Hardy Place
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hardy Place is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Place
• Hays Place
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hays Place is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Place
• Lone Star ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Lone Star is located in Glenn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
• Sunnyside
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Sunnyside is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Jenks Place and extending to:

• Willows, which is the Seat of Glenn County, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Jenks Place to Willows, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 106 miles [170.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,421 miles [3,896.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 138 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,297 miles [11,743.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,062 miles [12,974.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,136 miles [9,874.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'