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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 Nelson Bar, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nelson Bar 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 Nelson Bar:
- 39.695718, -121.561360
- 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 Nelson Bar
- 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 Butte County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butte County
- Since Nelson Bar is near Plumas County and also Yuba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Plumas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yuba 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 Nelson Bar
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nelson Bar ...
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.
- Big Ripples ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Ripples is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Ripples
- Bloomer ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomer is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Cherokee ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cherokee is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
- Concow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Concow is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concow
- David ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- David is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David
- Deadwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Deadwood is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwood
- James
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- James is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Mineral Slide
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Slide is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Slide
- Paradise
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Parkhill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Parkhill is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhill
- Pipers ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pipers is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers
- Poe
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Poe is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Yankee Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Yankee Hill is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Hill
How Far From Nelson Bar to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Nelson Bar to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Nelson Bar once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Nelson Bar and extending to:
- Oroville, which is the Seat of Butte County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Nelson Bar to Oroville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the south (S). 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 2,354 miles [3,788.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,274 miles [11,706.4 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 8,041 miles [12,940.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,101 miles [9,818.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Nelson Bar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nelson Bar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Nelson Bar 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 Nelson Bar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6957, Longitude: -121.5614 In this case, the coordinates for Nelson Bar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.676 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.617 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.624 degrees. |
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