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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 Surprise Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Surprise Station 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 Surprise Station:
- 41.573781, -120.436342
- 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 Surprise Station
- 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 Modoc County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Modoc County
- Since Surprise Station is near Washoe County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washoe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Surprise Station
Curious and Interesting Names Near Surprise Station ...
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.
- California Pines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- California Pines is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Pines
- Cedarville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Christensen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Christensen is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christensen
- Eagleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Juniper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Juniper is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Lake City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview Junction is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Junction
- Likely
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Willow Ranch
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Willow Ranch is located in Modoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Ranch
How Far From Surprise Station 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 Surprise Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Surprise Station and extending to:
- Alturas, which is the Seat of Modoc County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Surprise Station to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>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 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,271 miles [3,654.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 129 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,132 miles [11,477.8 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 7,899 miles [12,712.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,960 miles [9,591.7 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 from Point A (ie- Surprise Station) 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 Surprise Station 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 Surprise Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5738, Longitude: -120.4363 In this case, the coordinates for Surprise Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.909 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.805 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.877 degrees. |
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