Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Spruce Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spruce Point and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Spruce Point
- 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 Spruce Point:
- 40.743263, -124.198912
- 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 Spruce Point
- 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 Humboldt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- 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
Communities Also Named Spruce Point ...
We found one communities that share the name Spruce Point.
Within California, the name Spruce Point is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Spruce Point in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maine
- Lincoln 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 Maine community of Spruce Point [Lincoln County].
- Maine
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spruce Point ...
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.
- Cutten
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutten
- Cutten is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cutten <2>
- Elk River
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Eureka
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Eureka is located in Humboldt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,652 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eureka <2>
- Fairhaven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Fields Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Landing
- Fields Landing is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fields Landing <2>
- Humboldt Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humboldt Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt Hill
- Humboldt Hill is located in Humboldt County
- King Salmon
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King Salmon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Salmon
- King Salmon is located in Humboldt County
- Rosewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Table Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Bluff
- Table Bluff is located in Humboldt County
How Far From Spruce Point 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 Spruce Point to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Spruce Point and extending to:
- Eureka, which is the Seat of Humboldt County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 207 miles [333.1 km]<4> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Spruce Point to Sacramento, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,474 miles [3,981.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 97 days and walking would take 141 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,252 miles [11,671 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 8,015 miles [12,898.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,112 miles [9,836.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Spruce Point. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Humboldt County: www.co.humboldt.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Spruce Point 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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- Spruce Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Spruce Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7433, Longitude: -124.1989 |
| <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 Spruce Point 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 341.989 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 343.426 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 329.265 degrees. |