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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 Squaw Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Squaw Hill 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 Squaw Hill:
    • 39.907936, -122.093042
    • 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 Squaw Hill
  • 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 Tehama County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tehama County
    • Since Squaw Hill is near Butte County and also Glenn 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 Glenn 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 Squaw Hill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Squaw Hill ...

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.

  • Barber
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Barber is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
  • Chapmantown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Chapmantown is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapmantown
  • Corning
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Dairyville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Dairyville is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyville
  • Deer Creek Crossing
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Deer Creek Crossing is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Crossing
  • Ensign ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Ensign is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensign
  • Greenwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Merrills Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Merrills Landing is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrills Landing
  • Red Bluff
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Roberts Place
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Roberts Place is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Place
  • Six-Bit Crossing
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Six-Bit Crossing is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six-Bit Crossing
  • Tenmile ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Tenmile is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
  • Twentymile Crossing
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Twentymile Crossing is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twentymile Crossing

How Far From Squaw Hill 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 Squaw Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Red Bluff, which is the Seat of Tehama County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Squaw Hill to Red Bluff, 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 6 hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,379 miles [3,828.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 136 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,270 miles [11,699.9 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 8,036 miles [12,932.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,103 miles [9,821.8 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Squaw Hill) 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 Squaw Hill 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 Squaw Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9079, Longitude: -122.0930       In this case, the coordinates for Squaw Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.141 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.184 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.951 degrees.