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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 Mills Orchard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mills Orchard 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 Mills Orchard:
- 39.737659, -122.056370
- 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 Mills Orchard
- 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 Mills Orchard is near Butte County and also Tehama County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butte 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 Mills Orchard
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mills Orchard ...
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.
- Barber
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Barber is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Bluegum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bluegum is located in Glenn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluegum
- Chapmantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Chapmantown is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapmantown
- Corning
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dodgeland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dodgeland is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeland
- Glenn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Greenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Glenn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Merrills Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Merrills Landing is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrills Landing
- Willows
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Mills Orchard 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 Mills Orchard to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mills Orchard and extending to:
- Willows, which is the Seat of Glenn County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mills Orchard to Willows, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 85 miles [136.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,379 miles [3,828.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 136 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,281 miles [11,717.6 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 8,047 miles [12,950.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,112 miles [9,836.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mills Orchard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mills Orchard 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 Mills Orchard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7377, Longitude: -122.0564 In this case, the coordinates for Mills Orchard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.094 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.12 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.931 degrees. |
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