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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 Rock Creek Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rock Creek Crossing 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 Rock Creek Crossing:
    • 39.938496, -121.363856
    • 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 Rock Creek Crossing
  • 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 Plumas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Plumas County
    • Since Rock Creek Crossing is near Butte County and also Tehama County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Butte 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 Rock Creek Crossing

Communities Also Named Rock Creek Crossing ...

We found one communities that are also named Rock Creek Crossing.

Within California, the name Rock Creek Crossing is unique.

Beyond California, there is another community also named Rock Creek Crossing in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Morris 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 Kansas community of Rock Creek Crossing [Morris County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rock Creek Crossing ...

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.

  • Big Bar
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Bar is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
  • Buckeye
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Buckeye is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Flea Valley ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Flea Valley is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flea Valley
  • Haven
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Haven is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven
  • Merlin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Merlin is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merlin
  • Rich Bar ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Rich Bar is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Bar
  • Rock Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Rock Creek is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
  • Rock Creek Camp
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Rock Creek Camp is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Camp
  • Rock Crest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Rock Crest is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Crest
  • Rodgers Flat
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Rodgers Flat is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers Flat

How Far From Rock Creek Crossing to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Rock Creek Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rock Creek Crossing and extending to:

  • Quincy, which is the Seat of Plumas County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Rock Creek Crossing to Quincy, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 93 miles [149.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,341 miles [3,767.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,255 miles [11,675.8 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 8,022 miles [12,910.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,081 miles [9,786.4 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 Rock Creek Crossing 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rock Creek Crossing) 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 Rock Creek Crossing 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 Rock Creek Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9385, Longitude: -121.3639       In this case, the coordinates for Rock Creek Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.534 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.46 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.497 degrees.