Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Plumtree, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plumtree and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Plumtree
- 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 Plumtree:
- 38.572406, -121.611069
- 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 Plumtree
- 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 Yolo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Yolo County
- Since Plumtree is near Sacramento County and also Solano County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sacramento County
- eBird sighting report for Solano 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 Plumtree ...
We found two communities that share the name Plumtree.
Within California, the name Plumtree is unique.
Beyond California, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Avery County
- This Plumtree is located in Avery County and lies 2,165 miles [3,484.2 km]<1> to the east of the Plumtree that is located in Yolo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Avery County community of Plumtree.
- Mitchell 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 North Carolina community of Plumtree [Mitchell County].
- North Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plumtree ...
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.
- Arcade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Bombay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Freeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Freeport is located in Sacramento County
- Gardenland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardenland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenland
- Gardenland is located in Sacramento County
- Hebron ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Kobe ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Marty ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Pollock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Riverview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Willow Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point
- Willow Point is located in Yolo County
How Far From Plumtree 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 Plumtree to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Plumtree once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Plumtree and extending to:
- Woodland, which is the Seat of Yolo County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Plumtree to Woodland, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies just to the east (E).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,376 miles [3,823.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,348 miles [11,825.5 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 8,115 miles [13,059.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,168 miles [9,926.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Yolo County: www.yolocounty.org/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Plumtree) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Plumtree. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5724, Longitude: -121.6111 In this case, the coordinates for Plumtree 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Plumtree 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Plumtree, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Plumtree 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 339.606 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.477 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.666 degrees. |