Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in River Garden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to River Garden and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for River Garden
- 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 River Garden:
- 39.845153, -123.420296
- 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 River Garden
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Mendocino County
- Since River Garden is near Trinity County and also Humboldt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Trinity County
- eBird sighting report for Humboldt 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near River Garden ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Card Place have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Card Place
- Card Place is located in Mendocino County
- Empire ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Heath Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heath Place have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Place
- Heath Place is located in Mendocino County
- Indian Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Indian Springs is located in Mendocino County
- Jim Leggett Place
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jim Leggett Place have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Leggett Place
- Jim Leggett Place is located in Mendocino County
- Ralph Leggett Place
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ralph Leggett Place have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph Leggett Place
- Ralph Leggett Place is located in Mendocino County
- Spyrock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Twin Rocks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Rocks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rocks
- Twin Rocks is located in Mendocino County
- Woodman
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
How Far From River Garden 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 River Garden 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<3> community of River Garden once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in River Garden and extending to:
- Ukiah, which is the Seat of Mendocino County, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<4> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from River Garden to Ukiah, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full 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 135 miles [217.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,448 miles [3,939.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 139 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,298 miles [11,745 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,062 miles [12,974.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,144 miles [9,887.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Mendocino County: www.co.mendocino.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 River Garden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- River Garden) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in River Garden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8452, Longitude: -123.4203 In this case, the coordinates for River Garden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 River Garden to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.253 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.509 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.783 degrees. |