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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 Orchards, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mills Orchards 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 Orchards:
- 39.277388, -122.274979
- 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 Orchards
- 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 Colusa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colusa County
- Since Mills Orchards is near Glenn County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Glenn County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Orchards
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mills Orchards ...
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.
- Bluegum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bluegum is located in Glenn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluegum
- Devils Elbow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Devils Elbow is located in Colusa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Elbow
- French Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- French Crossing is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Crossing
- Glenn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville is located in Colusa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Maxwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Meridian
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Moons Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Moons Ferry is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moons Ferry
- Norman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norman is located in Glenn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Prize ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Prize is located in Colusa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prize
- Stonyford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Willows
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
How Far From Mills Orchards 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 Orchards 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 Orchards and extending to:
- Colusa, which is the Seat of Colusa County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mills Orchards to Colusa, 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 four to five hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 64 miles [103 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,398 miles [3,859.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 137 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,315 miles [11,772.4 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 8,081 miles [13,005.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,145 miles [9,889.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mills Orchards) 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 Orchards 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 Orchards. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2774, Longitude: -122.2750 In this case, the coordinates for Mills Orchards have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.234 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.265 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.072 degrees. |
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