Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Paige Bar, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paige Bar and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Paige Bar

• 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 Paige Bar:
  • 40.581261, -122.542514
  • 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 Paige 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 Shasta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Shasta County
  • Since Paige Bar is near Trinity County and also Tehama County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Trinity 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 Paige Bar

Curious and Interesting Names Near Paige 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.

• Centerville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Centerville is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
• Fielding ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Fielding is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fielding
• Hart ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hart is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
  • Hart has also been known as:
  • Hart Village
  • Hart's Camp
• Hogtown ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hogtown is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogtown
• Horsetown ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Horsetown is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsetown
  • Former names for Horsetown:
  • Clear Creek Diggings
  • One Horse Town
• Iron Mountain ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Iron Mountain is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mountain
• Minnesota
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Minnesota is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota
• Oak Bottom ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Oak Bottom is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bottom
• Texas Springs ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Texas Springs is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Springs
• Whiskeytown ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Whiskeytown is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskeytown
  • Former names for Whiskeytown:
  • Blair
  • Franklin City
  • Schilling
  • Stella
  • Whiskey Creek
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whiskeytown <1>

How Far From Paige Bar 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 Paige Bar to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Redding, which is the Seat of Shasta County, lies just to the East.
• Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Paige Bar to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,391 miles [3,847.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,234 miles [11,642 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 8,000 miles [12,874.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,076 miles [9,778.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'