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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 Rawson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rawson 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 Rawson:
- 40.119641, -122.196906
- 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 Rawson
- 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 Rawson is near Shasta County and also Butte 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 Butte 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 Rawson
Communities Also Named Rawson ...
We found seven communities that are also named Rawson.
Within California, the name Rawson is unique.
Beyond California, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Windham County
- This Rawson is located in Windham County and lies 2,578 miles [4,148.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rawson that is located in Tehama County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windham County community of Rawson.
- Idaho
- Lincoln 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 Rawson [Lincoln County].
- New York
- Allegany County
- This Rawson is located in Allegany County and lies 2,259 miles [3,635.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rawson that is located in Tehama County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Rawson.
- Cattaraugus 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 New York community of Rawson [Cattaraugus County].
- North Dakota
- McKenzie County
- This Rawson is located in McKenzie County and lies 1,064 miles [1,712.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rawson that is located in Tehama County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKenzie County community of Rawson.
- Ohio
- Hancock County
- This Rawson is located in Hancock County and lies 2,000 miles [3,218.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rawson that is located in Tehama County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Rawson.
- Wisconsin
- Milwaukee 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 Wisconsin community of Rawson [Milwaukee County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rawson ...
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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blunt is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blunt
- Corning
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dairyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dairyville is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyville
- Ensign ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ensign is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign
- Hooker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jellys Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jellys Ferry is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jellys Ferry
- Red Bank
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Red Bank is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Red Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tenmile ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tenmile is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
How Far From Rawson 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 Rawson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rawson 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 112 miles [180.2 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Rawson to Sacramento, with an average speed<4>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 2,381 miles [3,831.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,258 miles [11,680.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,024 miles [12,913.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,094 miles [9,807.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rawson) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Rawson 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Rawson 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 Rawson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1196, Longitude: -122.1969 In this case, the coordinates for Rawson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.248 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.322 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.012 degrees. |
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