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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 Snowden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Snowden 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 Snowden:
- 41.793198, -122.476966
- 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 Snowden
- 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 Siskiyou County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Siskiyou County
- Since Snowden is near Klamath County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Klamath County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Snowden
Communities Also Named Snowden ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Snowden.
Within California, the name Snowden is unique.
Beyond California, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Lake 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 Colorado community of Snowden [Lake County].
- Kentucky
- Clark County
- This Snowden is located in Clark County and lies 2,038 miles [3,279.8 km]<2> to the east of the Snowden that is located in Siskiyou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Snowden.
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- This Snowden is located in Frederick County and lies 2,342 miles [3,769.1 km]<2> to the east of the Snowden that is located in Siskiyou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Snowden.
- Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- This Snowden is located in Saint Louis County and lies 1,511 miles [2,431.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Snowden that is located in Siskiyou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Snowden.
- Mississippi
- Lauderdale 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 Mississippi community of Snowden [Lauderdale County].
- Montana
- Roosevelt County
- This Snowden is located in Roosevelt County and lies 993 miles [1,598.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Snowden that is located in Siskiyou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roosevelt County community of Snowden.
- North Carolina
- Currituck County
- This Snowden is located in Currituck County and lies 2,480 miles [3,991.2 km]<2> to the east of the Snowden that is located in Siskiyou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Currituck County community of Snowden.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- This Snowden is located in Allegheny County and lies 2,193 miles [3,529.3 km]<2> to the east of the Snowden that is located in Siskiyou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Snowden.
- Saskatchewan
- This Snowden lies 1,150 miles [1,850.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Snowden that is located in Siskiyou County.
- South Carolina
- Charleston County
- This Snowden is located in Charleston County and lies 2,395 miles [3,854.4 km]<2> to the east of the Snowden that is located in Siskiyou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Snowden.
- Virginia
- Amherst County
- This Snowden is located in Amherst County and lies 2,282 miles [3,672.5 km]<2> to the east of the Snowden that is located in Siskiyou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amherst County community of Snowden.
- Fairfax County
- This Snowden is located in Fairfax County and lies 2,375 miles [3,822.2 km] to the east of the Snowden that is located in Siskiyou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Snowden.
- Washington
- Klickitat County
- This Snowden is located in Klickitat County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km]<2> to the north of the Snowden that is located in Siskiyou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Klickitat County community of Snowden.
- West Virginia
- Lincoln County
- This Snowden is located in Lincoln County and lies 2,138 miles [3,440.8 km]<2> to the east of the Snowden that is located in Siskiyou County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Snowden.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Snowden ...
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 Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Big Springs is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Bogus ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bogus is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogus
- Gazelle
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Grass Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Grass Lake is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Lake
- Hilt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hilt is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilt
- Hornbrook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jims Camp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jims Camp is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jims Camp
- Little Shasta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Shasta is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Shasta
- Swiss Bar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Swiss Bar is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiss Bar
- Upper Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Upper Crossing is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Crossing
How Far From Snowden 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 Snowden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Snowden and extending to:
- Yreka, which is the Seat of Siskiyou County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Snowden to Yreka, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 227 miles [365.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,371 miles [3,815.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,154 miles [11,513.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,919 miles [12,744.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,003 miles [9,660.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Snowden 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Snowden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Snowden 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 Snowden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7932, Longitude: -122.4770 In this case, the coordinates for Snowden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.626 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.852 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.152 degrees. |
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