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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 Yuba Pass, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yuba Pass 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 Yuba Pass:
- 39.322957, -120.600210
- 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 Yuba Pass
- 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 Nevada County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nevada County
- Since Yuba Pass is near Placer County and also Shasta County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Placer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shasta 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 Yuba Pass
Communities Also Named Yuba Pass ...
We found one communities that are also named Yuba Pass.
There is one other community in California that is also named Yuba Pass.
Beyond California.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Placer 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 Yuba Pass [Placer County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yuba Pass ...
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.
- Alpha ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alpha is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Bear Valley ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bear Valley is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Crystal Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Crystal Lake is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Democrat ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Democrat is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat
- Drum ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Drum is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drum
- Eagle Bird ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eagle Bird is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Bird
- Emigrant Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Forebay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forebay is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forebay
- Kingvale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kingvale is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingvale
- Meadow Lake ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Lake is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
- Rainbow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rainbow is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
- Secret Canyon ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Secret Canyon is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret Canyon
- Spruce ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Spruce is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Summit City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summit City is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit City
How Far From Yuba Pass 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 Yuba Pass to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Yuba Pass and extending to:
- Nevada City, which is the Seat of Nevada County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Yuba Pass to Nevada City, with an average speed<4> 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 69 miles [111 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,311 miles [3,719.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,280 miles [11,716 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 8,048 miles [12,952 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,095 miles [9,809 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 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 Yuba Pass 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yuba Pass) 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 Yuba Pass 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 Yuba Pass. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3230, Longitude: -120.6002 In this case, the coordinates for Yuba Pass have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.837 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.595 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.036 degrees. |
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