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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 Thermalito, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Thermalito 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 Thermalito:
- 39.511060, -121.587301
- 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 Thermalito
- 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 Butte County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butte County
- Since Thermalito is near Yuba County and also Sutter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yuba County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sutter 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 Thermalito
Curious and Interesting Names Near Thermalito ...
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.
- Hawk Ravine ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hawk Ravine is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Ravine
- Land ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Land is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
- Lava Beds ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lava Beds is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava Beds
- Longs Bar ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lorraine ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lynchburg ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Quartz ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Quartz is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartz
- Vista Robles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Vista Robles is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Robles
- Wicks Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wicks Corner is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wicks Corner
How Far From Thermalito 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 Thermalito to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Thermalito and extending to:
- Oroville, which is the Seat of Butte County, lies just to the East.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Thermalito to Sacramento, with an average speed<2> 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,359 miles [3,796.4 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 93 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,287 miles [11,727.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,053 miles [12,960 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- 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).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Thermalito) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Thermalito 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 Thermalito. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5111, Longitude: -121.5873 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.68 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.613 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.642 degrees. |
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