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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 Poffenbergers Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Poffenbergers Landing 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 Poffenbergers Landing:
- 38.938786, -121.829134
- 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 Poffenbergers Landing
- 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 Sutter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sutter County
- Since Poffenbergers Landing is near Colusa County and also Yolo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colusa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yolo 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 Poffenbergers Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Poffenbergers Landing ...
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.
- College City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Everglade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Everglade is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everglade
- Grand Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grand Island is located in Colusa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Island
- Hershey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hershey is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hershey
- Joesphine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Joesphine is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joesphine
- Kirkville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkville is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Knights Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Progress
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Progress is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Robbins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Poffenbergers Landing 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 Poffenbergers Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Poffenbergers Landing and extending to:
- Yuba City, which is the Seat of Sutter County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Poffenbergers Landing to Yuba City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast (SE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,381 miles [3,831.8 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 136 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,328 miles [11,793.3 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 8,095 miles [13,027.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,153 miles [9,902.3 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Poffenbergers Landing) 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 Poffenbergers Landing 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 Poffenbergers Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9388, Longitude: -121.8291 In this case, the coordinates for Poffenbergers Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.826 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.759 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.798 degrees. |
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