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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 West Butte, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Butte 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 West Butte:
- 39.187113, -121.888027
- 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 West Butte
- 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 Colusa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colusa County
- Since West Butte is near Sutter County and also Butte County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sutter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butte 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 West Butte
Communities Also Named West Butte ...
We found one communities that are also named West Butte.
There is one other community in California that is also named West Butte.
Beyond California.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Sutter County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of West Butte [Sutter County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Butte ...
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.
- Dean Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dean Place is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean Place
- French Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- French Crossing is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Crossing
- Grand Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grand Island is located in Colusa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Island
- Joesphine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Joesphine is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joesphine
- Lira
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lira is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lira
- Meridian
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moons Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Moons Ferry is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moons Ferry
- Prize ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prize is located in Colusa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prize
- Progress
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Progress is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
How Far From West Butte 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 West Butte to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in West Butte and extending to:
- Colusa, which is the Seat of Colusa County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<3> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from West Butte to Sacramento, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,380 miles [3,830.2 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 136 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,313 miles [11,769.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,080 miles [13,003.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,140 miles [9,881.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 West Butte 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- West Butte) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 West Butte 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 West Butte. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1871, Longitude: -121.8880 In this case, the coordinates for West Butte have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.90 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.86 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.833 degrees. |
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