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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 McClure Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McClure 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 McClure Place:
    • 39.792655, -123.035285
    • 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 McClure 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 Mendocino County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mendocino County
    • Since McClure Place is near Tehama County and also Glenn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tehama 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 McClure Place

Communities Also Named McClure Place ...

We found two communities that are also named McClure Place.

There is one other community in California that is also named McClure Place.

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

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • Tehama County
      • This McClure Place is located in Tehama County and lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the McClure Place that is located in Mendocino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tehama County community of McClure Place.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This McClure Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,893 miles [3,046.5 km]<1> to the east of the McClure Place that is located in Mendocino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of McClure Place.

Curious and Interesting Names Near McClure 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
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Carpenter Place is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Place
  • Copper City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Copper City is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
  • Four Pines
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Four Pines is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Pines
  • Hardy Place
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Hardy Place is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Place
  • Hays Place
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hays Place is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Place
  • Jenks Place
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jenks Place is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks Place
  • Lone Star ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lone Star is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
  • Marks Place
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Marks Place is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks Place
  • Sunnyside
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Sunnyside is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside

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

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

  • Ukiah, which is the Seat of Mendocino County, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from McClure Place to Ukiah, with an average speed<2> 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 117 miles [188.3 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 2,429 miles [3,909.1 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 7,294 miles [11,738.6 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 8,060 miles [12,971.3 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>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McClure Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 McClure 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 McClure Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7927, Longitude: -123.0353       In this case, the coordinates for McClure Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.923 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.113 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.542 degrees.