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 Twentymile Crossing:
40.113770, -121.817483
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.
We found one communities that share the name Twentymile Crossing.
Within California, the name Twentymile Crossing is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Twentymile Crossing in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Texas
Menard County
This Twentymile Crossing is located in Menard County and lies 1,400 miles [2,253.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Twentymile Crossing that is located in Tehama County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menard County community of Twentymile Crossing.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Twentymile Crossing ...
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.
Cedar Crossing (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Twentymile Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Twentymile Crossing and extending to:
Red Bluff, which is the Seat of Tehama County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Twentymile Crossing 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 most of a day.
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 107 miles [172.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,361 miles [3,799.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,252 miles [11,671 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 8,018 miles [12,903.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,084 miles [9,791.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Twentymile Crossing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Twentymile Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1138, Longitude: -121.8175 In this case, the coordinates for Twentymile Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Twentymile Crossing to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.929 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.941 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.776 degrees.