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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 McClellan Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McClellan Place and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 McClellan Place:
    • 40.487027, -123.419126
    • 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 McClellan 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 Trinity County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Trinity County
    • Since McClellan Place is near Humboldt County and also Shasta County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Humboldt County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shasta 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 McClellan Place

Communities Also Named McClellan Place ...

We found one communities that are also named McClellan Place.

Within California, the name McClellan Place is unique.

Beyond California, there is another community also named McClellan Place in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski County
      • This McClellan Place is located in Pulaski County and lies 1,738 miles [2,797 km]<1> to the east of the McClellan Place that is located in Trinity County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of McClellan Place.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McClellan 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.

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in McClellan Place and extending to:

  • Weaverville, which is the Seat of Trinity County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from McClellan Place to Weaverville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 167 miles [268.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,438 miles [3,923.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 139 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,256 miles [11,677.4 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 8,020 miles [12,906.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,106 miles [9,826.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McClellan Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 McClellan Place 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 McClellan Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4870, Longitude: -123.4191       In this case, the coordinates for McClellan Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.309 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.604 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.775 degrees.