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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 Winthrop, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winthrop and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Winthrop:
    • 40.789835, -122.180507
    • 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 Winthrop
  • 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 Shasta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shasta County
    • Since Winthrop is near Trinity County and also Siskiyou County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Trinity 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 Winthrop

Communities Also Named Winthrop ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Winthrop.

Within California, the name Winthrop is unique.

Beyond California, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Little River County
      • This Winthrop is located in Little River County and lies 1,594 miles [2,565.3 km]<1> to the east of the Winthrop that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Little River County community of Winthrop.
    • Connecticut
      • Middlesex County
      • This Winthrop is located in Middlesex County and lies 2,550 miles [4,103.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Winthrop that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Winthrop.
    • Indiana
      • Warren County
      • This Winthrop is located in Warren County and lies 1,820 miles [2,929 km]<1> to the east of the Winthrop that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Winthrop.
    • Iowa
      • Buchanan County
      • This Winthrop is located in Buchanan County and lies 1,567 miles [2,521.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Winthrop that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Winthrop.
    • Maine
      • Kennebec County
      • This Winthrop is located in Kennebec County and lies 2,621 miles [4,218.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Winthrop that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kennebec County community of Winthrop.
    • Maryland
      • Charles County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Winthrop [Charles County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Suffolk County
      • This Winthrop is located in Suffolk County and lies 2,605 miles [4,192.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Winthrop that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Winthrop.
    • Michigan
      • Marquette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Winthrop [Marquette County].
    • Minnesota
      • Sibley County
      • This Winthrop is located in Sibley County and lies 1,428 miles [2,298.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Winthrop that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sibley County community of Winthrop.
    • Missouri
      • Buchanan County
      • This Winthrop is located in Buchanan County and lies 1,425 miles [2,293.3 km]<1> to the east of the Winthrop that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Winthrop.
    • New York
      • Saint Lawrence County
      • This Winthrop is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 2,383 miles [3,835.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Winthrop that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Winthrop.
    • North Carolina
      • Carteret County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Winthrop [Carteret County].
    • Ontario
      • This Winthrop lies 2,076 miles [3,341 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Winthrop that is located in Shasta County.
    • South Dakota
      • Beadle County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Winthrop [Beadle County].
    • Washington
      • Okanogan County
      • This Winthrop is located in Okanogan County and lies 539 miles [867.4 km]<1> to the north of the Winthrop that is located in Shasta County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Okanogan County community of Winthrop.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Winthrop ...

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.

How Far From Winthrop 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 Winthrop 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 community of Winthrop once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Winthrop and extending to:

  • Redding, which is the Seat of Shasta County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Winthrop to Redding, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 156 miles [251.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,370 miles [3,814.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,215 miles [11,611.4 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 7,980 miles [12,842.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,054 miles [9,743 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Winthrop) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Winthrop, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Winthrop 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Winthrop 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 Winthrop. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7898, Longitude: -122.1805       In this case, the coordinates for Winthrop have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.294 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.409 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.99 degrees.