Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Palmetto, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Palmetto and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Palmetto
- 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 Palmetto:
- 39.823774, -121.319131
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Palmetto
- 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 Plumas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Plumas County
- Since Palmetto is near Butte County and also Yuba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Butte County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Palmetto ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Palmetto.
Within California, the name Palmetto is unique.
Beyond California, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Florida
- Georgia
- Fulton County
- This Palmetto is located in Fulton County and lies 2,060 miles [3,315.2 km]<1> to the east of the Palmetto that is located in Plumas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Palmetto.
- Oglethorpe County
- This Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County and lies 2,143 miles [3,448.8 km] to the east of the Palmetto that is located in Plumas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oglethorpe County community of Palmetto.
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Bossier Parish
- This Palmetto is located in Bossier Parish and lies 1,623 miles [2,612 km]<1> to the east of the Palmetto that is located in Plumas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Palmetto.
- Saint Landry Parish
- This Palmetto is located in Saint Landry Parish and lies 1,763 miles [2,837.3 km] to the east southeast of the Palmetto that is located in Plumas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Landry Parish community of Palmetto.
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nevada
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Fort Bend County
- This Palmetto is located in Fort Bend County and lies 1,622 miles [2,610.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Palmetto that is located in Plumas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fort Bend County community of Palmetto.
- San Jacinto County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Palmetto [San Jacinto County].
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Palmetto ...
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 Bar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
- Big Bar is located in Butte County
- Buckeye
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - China Gulch ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for China Gulch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Gulch
- China Gulch is located in Plumas County
- Flea Valley ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flea Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flea Valley
- Flea Valley is located in Butte County
- Gold Lake ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Hughes Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughes Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Place
- Hughes Place is located in Butte County
- Junction House
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction House have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction House
- Junction House is located in Butte County
- Merlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Rock Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rock Creek is located in Plumas County
- Rock Creek Camp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Camp
- Rock Creek Camp is located in Plumas County
- Rock Creek Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Crossing
- Rock Creek Crossing is located in Plumas County
- Rock Crest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Crest
- Rock Crest is located in Plumas County
How Far From Palmetto 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 Palmetto to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Palmetto and extending to:
- Quincy, which is the Seat of Plumas County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Palmetto to Quincy, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 86 miles [138.4 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 2,340 miles [3,765.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,262 miles [11,687.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,028 miles [12,919.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,086 miles [9,794.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Palmetto. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Plumas County: www.countyofplumas.com/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Palmetto) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Palmetto. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8238, Longitude: -121.3191 In this case, the coordinates for Palmetto have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Palmetto could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | 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 Palmetto, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Palmetto to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.485 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.397 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.471 degrees. |