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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 Sweetland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sweetland 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 Sweetland:
    • 39.342948, -121.120232
    • 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 Sweetland
  • 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 Nevada County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nevada County
    • Since Sweetland is near Sierra County and also Yuba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sierra County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Yuba 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 Sweetland

Communities Also Named Sweetland ...

We found four communities that are also named Sweetland.

Within California, the name Sweetland is unique.

Beyond California, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Muscatine 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 Iowa community of Sweetland [Muscatine County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Sweetland lies 2,872 miles [4,622 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Sweetland that is located in Nevada County.
    • South Dakota
      • Hand County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Sweetland [Hand County].
    • West Virginia
      • Lincoln County
      • This Sweetland is located in Lincoln County and lies 2,087 miles [3,358.7 km]<2> to the east of the Sweetland that is located in Nevada County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Sweetland.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sweetland ...

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.

  • Badger Hill ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Badger Hill is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger Hill
  • Birchville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Birchville is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchville
  • Cherokee
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherokee is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
  • Condemned Bar ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Condemned Bar is located in Yuba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condemned Bar
  • Freemans Crossing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Freemans Crossing is located in Sierra County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemans Crossing
  • French Corral ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • French Corral is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Corral
  • Frenches Ravine ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Frenches Ravine is located in Yuba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenches Ravine
  • Jones Bar ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jones Bar is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Bar
  • Rice Crossing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Rice Crossing is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Crossing

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sweetland and extending to:

  • Nevada City, which is the Seat of Nevada County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Sweetland to Sacramento, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,337 miles [3,761 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,289 miles [11,730.5 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 8,056 miles [12,964.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,109 miles [9,831.5 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Sweetland 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sweetland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sweetland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Sweetland 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 Sweetland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3429, Longitude: -121.1202       In this case, the coordinates for Sweetland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.273 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.117 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.356 degrees.