Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lanfair, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lanfair and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lanfair
- 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 Lanfair:
- 35.125826, -115.183593
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Lanfair
- 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 San Bernardino County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for San Bernardino County
- Since Lanfair is near Clark County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Clark 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lanfair ...
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.
- Chase
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Crescent ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Hart
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Homer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Ibis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast) - Joshua
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest) - Rainbow Wells
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Wells
- Rainbow Wells is located in San Bernardino County
- Searchlight
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searchlight
- Searchlight is located in Clark County (NV)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Searchlight <2>
How Far From Lanfair 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 Lanfair 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<3> community of Lanfair once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Lanfair and extending to:
- San Bernardino, which is the Seat of San Bernardino County, lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<4> to the west southwest. If you could drive a straight line from Lanfair to San Bernardino, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 421 miles [677.5 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,104 miles [3,386.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 120 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,426 miles [11,951 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 8,195 miles [13,188.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,164 miles [9,920 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for San Bernardino County: www.sbcounty.gov/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Lanfair, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Lanfair) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lanfair. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1258, Longitude: -115.1836 In this case, the coordinates for Lanfair have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Lanfair to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.886 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.366 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.883 degrees. |