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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 Trinity Alps, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trinity Alps 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 Trinity Alps:
- 40.857366, -122.890305
- 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 Trinity Alps
- 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 Trinity County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trinity County
- Since Trinity Alps is near Shasta County and also Siskiyou County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shasta County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Siskiyou 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 Trinity Alps
Curious and Interesting Names Near Trinity Alps ...
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.
- Bucktail
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bucktail is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktail
- Cedar Stock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Stock is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Stock
- Deadwood ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deadwood is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwood
- Globe Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Globe Mill is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Mill
- Helena ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Helena is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Junction City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Keno ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keno is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keno
- Minersville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Minersville is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Trinity Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Weaverville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
How Far From Trinity Alps 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 Trinity Alps to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Trinity Alps and extending to:
- Weaverville, which is the Seat of Trinity County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 174 miles [280 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Trinity Alps to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,405 miles [3,870.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 137 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,222 miles [11,622.7 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 7,987 miles [12,853.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,070 miles [9,768.7 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Trinity Alps) 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 Trinity Alps 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 Trinity Alps. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8574, Longitude: -122.8903 In this case, the coordinates for Trinity Alps have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.895 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.128 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.435 degrees. |
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