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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 Reeves Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Reeves Place and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Reeves Place:
    • 39.889043, -123.113622
    • 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 Reeves Place
  • 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 Mendocino County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mendocino County
    • Since Reeves Place is near Trinity County and also Tehama County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Trinity County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tehama 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 Reeves Place

Communities Also Named Reeves Place ...

We found one communities that are also named Reeves Place.

There is one other community in California that is also named Reeves Place.

Beyond California.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • San Luis Obispo County
      • This Reeves Place is located in San Luis Obispo County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Reeves Place that is located in Mendocino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Luis Obispo County community of Reeves Place.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Reeves Place ...

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.

  • Card Place
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Card Place is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Card Place
  • Carpenter Place
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Carpenter Place is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Place
  • Delmonico Place
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Delmonico Place is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmonico Place
  • Hardy Place
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hardy Place is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Place
  • Heath Place
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Heath Place is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Place
  • Indian Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian Springs is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
  • Jim Leggett Place
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jim Leggett Place is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Leggett Place
  • Marks Place
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Marks Place is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks Place
  • Ralph Leggett Place
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Ralph Leggett Place is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph Leggett Place
  • River Garden ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • River Garden is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Garden
  • Spyrock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Spyrock is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spyrock
  • Sunnyside ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sunnyside is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Woodman
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodman is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman

How Far From Reeves Place 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 Reeves Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Ukiah, which is the Seat of Mendocino County, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Reeves Place to Ukiah, with an average speed<2> 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 most of two days.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 125 miles [201.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,431 miles [3,912.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 139 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,290 miles [11,732.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,055 miles [12,963.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,133 miles [9,870.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Reeves Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Reeves Place 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 Reeves Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8890, Longitude: -123.1136       In this case, the coordinates for Reeves Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.998 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.207 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.59 degrees.