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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 Upper Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Upper Lake 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 Upper Lake:
- 39.165860, -122.907670
- 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 Upper Lake
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Upper Lake is near Mendocino County and also Colusa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mendocino County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colusa 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 Upper Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near Upper Lake ...
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.
- Big Valley Rancheria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cooper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cooper is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Howard Mill ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Howard Mill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Mill
- Nice
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pepperwood Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pepperwood Grove is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperwood Grove
- Rose Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rose Place is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Place
- Three Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Three Crossing is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Crossing
- Wild Bill Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wild Bill Place is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Bill Place
How Far From Upper Lake 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 Upper Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Upper Lake and extending to:
- Lakeport, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the South.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Upper Lake to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,433 miles [3,915.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 139 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,333 miles [11,801.3 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 8,099 miles [13,034.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,170 miles [9,929.7 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Upper Lake) 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 Upper Lake 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 Upper Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1659, Longitude: -122.9077 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.757 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.885 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.467 degrees. |
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