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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 Wagners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wagners 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 Wagners:
- 39.649888, -121.226905
- 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 Wagners
- 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 Wagners is near Plumas County and also Yuba County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Plumas 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 Wagners
Communities Also Named Wagners ...
We found three communities that are also named Wagners.
Within California, the name Wagners is unique.
Beyond California, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Monroe County
- This Wagners is located in Monroe County and lies 2,377 miles [3,825.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wagners that is located in Butte County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Wagners.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Wagners [Salt Lake County].
- Virginia
- Suffolk City
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wagners [Suffolk City].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wagners ...
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.
- Berry Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cascade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Eagleville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eagleville is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Feather Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Golden Trout Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Junction House
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Junction House is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction House
- Lumpkin ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lumpkin is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- Nelsons Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Nelsons Crossing is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsons Crossing
- Rogerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rogerville is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogerville
- Strawberry Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Woodleaf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Woodleaf is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodleaf
How Far From Wagners 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 Wagners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Wagners once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Wagners and extending to:
- Oroville, which is the Seat of Butte County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wagners to Oroville, with an average speed<5> 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 6 hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 75 miles [120.7 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,338 miles [3,762.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,271 miles [11,701.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,038 miles [12,935.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,094 miles [9,807.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wagners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Wagners 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Wagners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Wagners 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 Wagners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6499, Longitude: -121.2269 In this case, the coordinates for Wagners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.392 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.276 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.417 degrees. |
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