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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 Madeline, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Madeline 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 Madeline:
- 41.051694, -120.475222
- 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 Madeline
- 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 Lassen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lassen County
- Since Madeline is near Modoc County and also Washoe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Modoc County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washoe 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 Madeline
Communities Also Named Madeline ...
We found three communities that are also named Madeline.
Within California, the name Madeline is unique.
Beyond California, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Wichita County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Madeline [Wichita County].
- South Carolina
- Marlboro County
- This Madeline is located in Marlboro County and lies 2,242 miles [3,608.1 km]<2> to the east of the Madeline that is located in Lassen County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marlboro County community of Madeline.
- West Virginia
- Raleigh County
- This Madeline is located in Raleigh County and lies 2,088 miles [3,360.3 km]<2> to the east of the Madeline that is located in Lassen County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Raleigh County community of Madeline.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Madeline ...
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.
- Christensen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Christensen is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christensen
- Crest
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Crest is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest
- Dibble Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dibble Place is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dibble Place
- Evans Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Evans Place is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Place
- Likely
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ravendale
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sage Hen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sage Hen is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Hen
- Scotty Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Scotty Place is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotty Place
- Sheepshead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sheepshead is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheepshead
How Far From Madeline to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Madeline to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Madeline and extending to:
- Susanville, which is the Seat of Lassen County, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Madeline to Susanville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 178 miles [286.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,279 miles [3,667.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 130 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,167 miles [11,534.2 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 7,933 miles [12,766.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,991 miles [9,641.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Madeline 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. |
| <2> | 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- Madeline) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Madeline 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 Madeline. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0517, Longitude: -120.4752 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.895 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.76 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.918 degrees. |
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