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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 San Buena Ventura, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Buena Ventura 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 San Buena Ventura:
- 40.508207, -122.384452
- 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 San Buena Ventura
- 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 San Buena Ventura 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 San Buena Ventura
Curious and Interesting Names Near San Buena Ventura ...
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.
- Buckeye
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Buckeye is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Cloverdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cottonwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Enterprise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Gas Point ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gas Point is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas Point
- Happy Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Happy Valley is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Former name for Happy Valley:
- Oak
- Hogtown ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hogtown is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogtown
- Horsetown ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Horsetown is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsetown
- Former names for Horsetown:
- Clear Creek Diggings
- One Horse Town
- Texas Springs ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Texas Springs is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Springs
How Far From San Buena Ventura 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 San Buena Ventura to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in San Buena Ventura and extending to:
- Redding, which is the Seat of Shasta County, lies just to the North.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from San Buena Ventura 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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,384 miles [3,836.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,236 miles [11,645.2 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 8,002 miles [12,878 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,076 miles [9,778.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- San Buena Ventura) 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 San Buena Ventura 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 San Buena Ventura. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5082, Longitude: -122.3845 In this case, the coordinates for San Buena Ventura have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.44 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.57 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.123 degrees. |
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