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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 Proberta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Proberta 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 Proberta:
- 40.081459, -122.171052
- 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 Proberta
- 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 Tehama County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tehama County
- Since Proberta is near Butte County and also Glenn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butte County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Glenn 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 Proberta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Proberta ...
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.
- Blunt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blunt is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blunt
- Corning
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dairyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dairyville is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyville
- Ensign ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ensign is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign
- Jellys Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jellys Ferry is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jellys Ferry
- Merrills Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Merrills Landing is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrills Landing
- Red Bank
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Red Bank is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Red Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts Place
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Roberts Place is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Place
- Tenmile ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tenmile is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
How Far From Proberta 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 Proberta to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Proberta and extending to:
- Red Bluff, which is the Seat of Tehama County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Proberta to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,380 miles [3,830.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving 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 7,260 miles [11,683.8 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 8,026 miles [12,916.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,095 miles [9,809 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Proberta) 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 Proberta 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 Proberta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0815, Longitude: -122.1711 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.223 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.29 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.997 degrees. |
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