Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Point McCloud, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Point McCloud and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Point McCloud

• 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 Point McCloud:
  • 40.923763, -122.243617
  • 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 Point McCloud

• 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 Shasta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Shasta County
  • Since Point McCloud is near Siskiyou County and also Trinity County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Siskiyou County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Trinity 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 Point McCloud

Curious and Interesting Names Near Point McCloud ...

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.

• Antlers
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Antlers is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antlers
• Bully Hill ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Bully Hill is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bully Hill
• Copper City ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Copper City is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
• Delta
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Delta is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
  • Former name for Delta:
  • Bayles
• Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Elizabethtown is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
• Kelly ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Kelly is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
• Lakehead
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Lakehead is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakehead
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakehead <1>
• Lakeshore
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Lakeshore is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
• Mabel ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Mabel is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
• Pollock
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Pollock is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
• Riverview
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Riverview is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
• Sugarloaf
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sugarloaf is located in Shasta County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf

How Far From Point McCloud 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 Point McCloud to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Point McCloud and extending to:

• Redding, which is the Seat of Shasta County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Point McCloud to Redding, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 166 miles [267.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,371 miles [3,815.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,207 miles [11,598.5 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 7,972 miles [12,829.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,048 miles [9,733.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'