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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 Payne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Payne 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 Payne:
    • 40.242927, -123.092798
    • 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 Payne
  • 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 Trinity County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Trinity County
    • Since Payne is near Shasta County and also Tehama County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shasta 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 Payne

Communities Also Named Payne ...

We found 21 communities that are also named Payne.

Within California, the name Payne is unique.

Beyond California, we know of 21 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, twenty are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Union County
      • This Payne is located in Union County and lies 1,757 miles [2,827.6 km]<1> to the east of the Payne that is located in Trinity County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Payne.
    • Colorado
      • Delta County
      • This Payne is located in Delta County and lies 814 miles [1,310 km]<1> to the east of the Payne that is located in Trinity County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Payne.
    • Florida
      • Columbia 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 Florida community of Payne [Columbia County].
    • Georgia
      • Bibb County
      • This Payne is located in Bibb County and lies 2,225 miles [3,580.8 km]<1> to the east of the Payne that is located in Trinity County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Payne.
      • Cherokee County
      • This Payne is located in Cherokee County and lies 2,139 miles [3,442.4 km] to the east of the Payne that is located in Trinity County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Payne.
    • Idaho
      • Bingham 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 Idaho community of Payne [Bingham County].
      • Bonneville County
      • This Payne is located in Bonneville County and lies 611 miles [983.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Payne that is located in Trinity County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonneville County community of Payne.
    • Illinois
      • Edgar 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 Illinois community of Payne [Edgar County].
    • Indiana
      • Monroe 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 Indiana community of Payne [Monroe County].
    • Iowa
      • Fremont County
      • This Payne is located in Fremont County and lies 1,430 miles [2,301.4 km]<1> to the east of the Payne that is located in Trinity County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fremont County community of Payne.
    • Kansas
      • Sedgwick County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Sedgwick County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Payne.
    • Kentucky
      • Graves County
      • This Payne is located in Graves County and lies 1,866 miles [3,003 km]<1> to the east of the Payne that is located in Trinity County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Graves County community of Payne.
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Payne is located in Saint Louis County and lies 1,583 miles [2,547.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Payne that is located in Trinity County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Payne.
    • Ohio
      • Paulding County
      • This Payne is located in Paulding County and lies 1,993 miles [3,207.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Payne that is located in Trinity County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Payne.
    • Oklahoma
      • McClain County
      • This Payne is located in McClain County and lies 1,441 miles [2,319.1 km]<1> to the east of the Payne that is located in Trinity County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McClain County community of Payne.
    • Ontario
      • This Payne lies 2,089 miles [3,361.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Payne that is located in Trinity County.
    • South Carolina
      • Edgefield 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 South Carolina community of Payne [Edgefield County].
    • Texas
      • Marion County
      • This Payne is located in Marion County and lies 1,668 miles [2,684.4 km]<1> to the east of the Payne that is located in Trinity County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Payne.
      • Mills 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 Payne [Mills County].
    • Virginia
      • Fluvanna County
      • This Payne is located in Fluvanna County and lies 2,376 miles [3,823.8 km]<1> to the east of the Payne that is located in Trinity County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fluvanna County community of Payne.
      • Henry County
      • This Payne is located in Henry County and lies 2,322 miles [3,736.9 km] to the east of the Payne that is located in Trinity County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Payne.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Payne ...

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.

  • Beegum
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Beegum is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beegum
  • Bob Hoaglin Place
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bob Hoaglin Place is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bob Hoaglin Place
  • Crabtree Place
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Crabtree Place is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree Place
  • Forest Glen
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest Glen is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
  • Knob
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Knob is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
    • Knob has also been known as:
    • Knob Gulch
  • Murphy Place
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Murphy Place is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Place
  • Peanut
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Peanut is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peanut
  • Penney
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Penney is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penney
  • Wildwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Yellowjacket Place
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Yellowjacket Place is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowjacket Place

How Far From Payne to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Payne to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Payne and extending to:

  • Weaverville, which is the Seat of Trinity County, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Payne to Weaverville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 143 miles [230.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,425 miles [3,902.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,266 miles [11,693.5 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 8,031 miles [12,924.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,111 miles [9,834.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'

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- Payne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Payne 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 Payne, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Payne 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 Payne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2429, Longitude: -123.0928       In this case, the coordinates for Payne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.012 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.24 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.572 degrees.