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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 Redding, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Redding 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 Redding:
    • 40.58404, -122.387871
    • 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 Redding
  • 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 Redding is near Tehama County and also Trinity County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tehama 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 Redding

Communities Also Named Redding ...

We found nine communities that are also named Redding.

Within California, the name Redding is unique.

Beyond California, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Redding [Jefferson County].
    • Arkansas
      • Franklin County
      • This Redding is located in Franklin County and lies 1,582 miles [2,546 km]<2> to the east of the Redding that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Redding.
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield County
      • This Redding is located in Fairfield County and lies 2,521 miles [4,057.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Redding that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Redding.
    • Georgia
      • Houston County
      • This Redding is located in Houston County and lies 2,201 miles [3,542.2 km]<2> to the east of the Redding that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Redding.
    • Indiana
      • Lawrence County
      • This Redding is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,897 miles [3,052.9 km]<2> to the east of the Redding that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Redding.
    • Iowa
      • Ringgold County
      • This Redding is located in Ringgold County and lies 1,461 miles [2,351.3 km]<2> to the east of the Redding that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ringgold County community of Redding.
    • Maine
      • Oxford County
      • This Redding is located in Oxford County and lies 2,609 miles [4,198.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Redding that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oxford County community of Redding.
    • Mississippi
      • Grenada County
      • This Redding is located in Grenada County and lies 1,858 miles [2,990.2 km]<2> to the east of the Redding that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grenada County community of Redding.
      • Webster County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Redding [Webster County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Redding ...

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.

How Far From Redding 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 city such as Redding to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Redding and extending to:

  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 146 miles [235 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Redding to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,383 miles [3,835.1 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 7,232 miles [11,638.8 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 7,997 miles [12,869.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,072 miles [9,771.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Redding 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.
<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 from Point A (ie- Redding) 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 Redding 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 Redding. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5840, Longitude: -122.3879    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.45 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.585 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.124 degrees.