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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 Lynchburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lynchburg 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 Lynchburg:
- 39.505489, -121.536389
- 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 Lynchburg
- 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 Butte County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butte County
- Since Lynchburg is near Yuba County and also Sutter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yuba County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sutter 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 Lynchburg
Communities Also Named Lynchburg ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Lynchburg.
Within California, the name Lynchburg is unique.
Beyond California, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Polk County
- This Lynchburg is located in Polk County and lies 2,392 miles [3,849.6 km]<1> to the east of the Lynchburg that is located in Butte County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Lynchburg.
- Illinois
- Jefferson County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lynchburg [Jefferson County].
- Mississippi
- DeSoto County
- This Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County and lies 1,747 miles [2,811.5 km]<1> to the east of the Lynchburg that is located in Butte County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeSoto County community of Lynchburg.
- Hinds County
- This Lynchburg is located in Hinds County and lies 1,789 miles [2,879.1 km] to the east of the Lynchburg that is located in Butte County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Lynchburg.
- Missouri
- Laclede County
- This Lynchburg is located in Laclede County and lies 1,579 miles [2,541.2 km]<1> to the east of the Lynchburg that is located in Butte County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laclede County community of Lynchburg.
- Nodaway County
- Although located in Nodaway County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nodaway County community of Lynchburg.
- North Dakota
- Cass County
- This Lynchburg is located in Cass County and lies 1,315 miles [2,116.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lynchburg that is located in Butte County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Lynchburg.
- Ohio
- Columbiana County
- This Lynchburg is located in Columbiana County and lies 2,122 miles [3,415 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lynchburg that is located in Butte County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Lynchburg.
- Highland County
- This Lynchburg is located in Highland County and lies 1,999 miles [3,217.1 km] to the east of the Lynchburg that is located in Butte County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highland County community of Lynchburg.
- South Carolina
- Lee County
- This Lynchburg is located in Lee County and lies 2,303 miles [3,706.3 km]<1> to the east of the Lynchburg that is located in Butte County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Lynchburg.
- Tennessee
- Moore County
- This Lynchburg is located in Moore County and lies 1,938 miles [3,118.9 km]<1> to the east of the Lynchburg that is located in Butte County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Lynchburg.
- Texas
- Harris County
- This Lynchburg is located in Harris County and lies 1,639 miles [2,637.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lynchburg that is located in Butte County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Lynchburg.
- Virginia
- Campbell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Lynchburg [Campbell County].
- Lynchburg City
- This Lynchburg is located in Lynchburg City and lies 2,275 miles [3,661.3 km]<1> to the east of the Lynchburg that is located in Butte County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lynchburg City community of Lynchburg.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lynchburg ...
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.
- Hawk Ravine ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hawk Ravine is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Ravine
- Land ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Land is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
- Lava Beds ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lava Beds is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava Beds
- Longs Bar ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lorraine ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Quartz ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Quartz is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartz
- Vista Robles
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Vista Robles is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Robles
- Wicks Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wicks Corner is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wicks Corner
How Far From Lynchburg 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 Lynchburg 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 community of Lynchburg once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Lynchburg and extending to:
- Oroville, which is the Seat of Butte County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Lynchburg to Sacramento, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,356 miles [3,791.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,286 miles [11,725.7 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 8,053 miles [12,960 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,111 miles [9,834.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lynchburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lynchburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Lynchburg 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. |
| <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 Lynchburg 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 Lynchburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5055, Longitude: -121.5364 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.637 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.561 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.611 degrees. |
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