Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Old Bailey Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Bailey Place and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Old Bailey 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 Old Bailey Place:
  • 39.167952, -123.482510
  • 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 Old Bailey 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 Old Bailey Place is near Lake County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
  • 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 Old Bailey Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Bailey 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.

• Asylum
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Asylum is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
• Cape Horn
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Cape Horn is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Horn
• Elk
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Elk is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elk <1>
• Fair Oaks
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Fair Oaks is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
• Little Penny
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Little Penny is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Penny
• Melbourne
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Melbourne is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
• Presswood
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Presswood is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presswood
• Ridge
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Ridge is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
• Soda Springs
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Soda Springs is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
• Whiskey Springs
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Whiskey Springs is located in Mendocino County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Springs

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old Bailey Place and extending to:

• Ukiah, which is the Seat of Mendocino County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Old Bailey Place to Ukiah, 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 114 miles [183.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 2,463 miles [3,963.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 97 days and walking would take 140 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,343 miles [11,817.4 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 8,108 miles [13,048.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,186 miles [9,955.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'