Flying to San Francisco

Here are some photos I took of my flight from Charlotte to San Francisco. Except for parts of North Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana, and Wyoming, I mostly had clear skies the whole flight. A great photo-taking opportunity.

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Lake Wyle NC/SC border

Watuga Lake TN

South Holston Lake (left), Shady Valley (center) TN

Mattoon IL Highway 45 | Interstate 57

Windsor IL center, Lake Shelbyville to the west

highway 51 over Assumption IL (Decatur in the distance)

Qunicy IL, crossing the Missisippi River

Forrest Lake/Thousand Hills St Park (left) Kirksville MO

Priceton MO with route 65 running north/south

Nebraska City and Missouri River

Milford NE

York NE (above), McCool Junction (bottom), Rt 81 running north/south

Henderson (right bottom), Aurora NE (left)

Hnderson NE

Green River WY (Flaming George Reservoir)

Henefer UT (Interstate 80 meets Interstate 84)

Ogden UT (North of Salt Lake City), Hill AFB visible

West shore of Salt Lake

Newfoundland Mountains encircled by the Great Salt Lake Desert salt flats (top), Utah Test and Training Range (below)

Elko County NV (40°46'53.2"N 114°55'10.8"W), Humbolt Range in distance

Ruby Valley NV

Rye Patch Reservoir/Lassens Meadows Lake (fed from Landers Creek, feeds into the Humbolt River), Humbolt Mountain Range (left)

Pyramid Lake NV

Over Beckworth/Hawley CA, Lake Davis approx 17 miles in the distance; beyond that Lake Almanor can be seen approx 55 miles away; snow covered Lassen Peak approx 85 miles in the distance (left) and snow covered Mt Shasta approx 150 miles away (right); Honey Lake (a dry lake) is seen to the left arrox 30 miles away

Sierra Buttes North, Lassen Peak and Mt Shasta in distance (39°36'15.2"N 120°38'48.0"W)

Oroville Lake, Mt Shasta (left) and Lassen Peak (right) in distance

Sutter Buttes Range (bottom right), Sacramento River (top right)

Looking North to Colusa CA (39°07'42.8"N 121°56'39.4"W), Mendocino Moutain Range in the distance

Pacific Ocean, Bodega Bay

Pacific Ocean, South San Francisco

Mountain View CA; Google's HQ is visible (center), Moffett Federal Airfield just beyond

Landing side by side with Air Canada

San Francisco International Airport

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Mapping the Trip

I made an illustrated map of the flight using Google maps and comparing with the photos above.

Map of flight to San Francisco

Download a PDF of this map (5MB). View a Google Map I made to figure out locations.

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