Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in O'Neil Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to O'Neil Place and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for O'Neil Place

• 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 O'Neil Place:
  • 39.698767, -122.960281
  • 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 O'Neil 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 O'Neil Place 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 O'Neil Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near O'Neil 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
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Carpenter Place is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Place
• Copper City
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Copper City is located in Glenn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
• Four Pines
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Four Pines is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Pines
• Hardy Place
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Hardy Place is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Place
• Hays Place
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hays Place is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Place
• Jenks Place
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jenks Place is located in Glenn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks Place
• Lone Star ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Lone Star is located in Glenn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
• Marks Place
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Marks Place is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks Place
• Sunnyside
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunnyside is located in Tehama County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in O'Neil Place and extending to:

• Ukiah, which is the Seat of Mendocino County, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from O'Neil Place to Ukiah, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 110 miles [177 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 2,427 miles [3,905.9 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 7,299 miles [11,746.6 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 8,065 miles [12,979.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,140 miles [9,881.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'