Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Reeds, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Reeds and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Reeds
- 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 Reeds:
- 35.179142, -120.592114
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Reeds
- 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 San Luis Obispo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for San Luis Obispo County
- Since Reeds is near Santa Barbara County and also San Mateo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Santa Barbara County
- eBird sighting report for San Mateo 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Reeds ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Reeds.
There is one other community in California which is also named Reeds.
Beyond California, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hart County
- This Reeds is located in Hart County and lies 2,117 miles [3,407 km]<2> to the east of the Reeds that is located in San Luis Obispo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hart County community of Reeds.
- Pike 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 Georgia community of Reeds [Pike County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Maine
- Michigan
- Missouri
- New Hampshire
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Brown County
- This Reeds is located in Brown County and lies 2,025 miles [3,258.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Reeds that is located in San Luis Obispo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Reeds.
- Hocking County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Reeds [Hocking County].
- Texas
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Reeds ...
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.
- Edna
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Fairoaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Grover Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Beach
- Grover Beach is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,325 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grover Beach <5>
- Halcyon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Miles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Shell Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Beach
- Shell Beach is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shell Beach <5>
- Sycamore Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sycamore Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Springs
- Sycamore Springs is located in San Luis Obispo County
How Far From Reeds 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 Reeds to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Reeds once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Reeds and extending to:
- San Luis Obispo, which is the Seat of San Luis Obispo County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 239 miles [384.6 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Reeds to Sacramento, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,391 miles [3,847.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,547 miles [12,145.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,315 miles [13,381.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,335 miles [10,195.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for San Luis Obispo County: www.co.slo.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Reeds 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' (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- Reeds) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Reeds. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1791, Longitude: -120.5921 In this case, the coordinates for Reeds have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Reeds, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Reeds to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.357 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.787 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.031 degrees. |