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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 Red Dog, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Red Dog 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 Red Dog:
- 39.216563, -120.899387
- 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 Red Dog
- 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 Nevada County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nevada County
- Since Red Dog is near Placer County and also Shasta County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Placer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shasta 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 Red Dog
Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Dog ...
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.
- Crystal Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal Springs is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
- Dutch Flat
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Forest Knolls
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Forest Knolls is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Knolls
- Gold Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hunts Hill ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hunts Hill is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Hill
- Little York ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Little York is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Peardale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Peardale is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peardale
- Pinecrest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pinecrest is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Quaker Hill ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Quaker Hill is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Hill
- Secret Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Secret Town is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret Town
- Steeplehollow Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Willow Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Valley is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Valley
- You Bet ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- You Bet is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
How Far From Red Dog 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 Red Dog to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Red Dog and extending to:
- Nevada City, which is the Seat of Nevada County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Red Dog to Sacramento, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,328 miles [3,746.6 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 91 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,293 miles [11,736.9 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 8,060 miles [12,971.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,110 miles [9,833.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Red Dog) 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 Red Dog 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 Red Dog. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2166, Longitude: -120.8994 In this case, the coordinates for Red Dog have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.076 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.875 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.222 degrees. |
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