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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 Patrick Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Patrick Creek 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 Patrick Creek:
- 41.875113, -123.845072
- 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 Patrick Creek
- 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 Del Norte County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Del Norte County
- Since Patrick Creek is near Josephine County and also Siskiyou County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Josephine County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Siskiyou 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 Patrick Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Patrick Creek ...
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.
- Fort Dick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- French Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- French Hill is located in Del Norte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Hill
- Idlewild
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Idlewild is located in Del Norte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Lawyers Bar ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lawyers Bar is located in Del Norte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers Bar
- Peacocks Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Peacocks Ferry is located in Del Norte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacocks Ferry
- Rockland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rockland is located in Del Norte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Tryon Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tryon Corner is located in Del Norte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon Corner
- Waldo ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waldo is located in Josephine County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
How Far From Patrick Creek 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 Patrick Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Patrick Creek and extending to:
- Crescent City, which is the Seat of Del Norte County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Patrick Creek to Crescent City, with an average speed<3> 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 259 miles [416.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,439 miles [3,925.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 139 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,172 miles [11,542.2 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 7,935 miles [12,770.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,035 miles [9,712.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
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> | 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- Patrick Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Patrick Creek 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 Patrick Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8751, Longitude: -123.8451 In this case, the coordinates for Patrick Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.781 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.226 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 329.019 degrees. |
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