Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lone Pine Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lone Pine Station and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lone Pine Station
- 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 Lone Pine Station:
- 36.618051, -118.04077
- 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 Lone Pine Station
- 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 Inyo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Inyo 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 Lone Pine Station ...
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.
- Boulder Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Creek
- Boulder Creek is located in Inyo County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Boulder Creek
- From Lone Pine Station to Boulder Creek
- Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns
- Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns is located in Inyo County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns
- From Lone Pine Station to Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns
- Dolomite ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolomite
- Dolomite is located in Inyo County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Dolomite
- From Lone Pine Station to Dolomite
- Independence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Inyo County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Independence <1>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Independence
- From Lone Pine Station to Independence
- Lone Pine
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Lone Pine is located in Inyo County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lone Pine <1>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Lone Pine
- From Lone Pine Station to Lone Pine
- Mock ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock
- Mock is located in Inyo County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Mock
- From Lone Pine Station to Mock
- Reward ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward
- Reward is located in Inyo County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Reward
- From Lone Pine Station to Reward
- Tramway ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tramway. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tramway
- Tramway is located in Inyo County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Tramway
- From Lone Pine Station to Tramway
How Far From Lone Pine Station 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 Lone Pine Station 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 Lone Pine Station once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Lone Pine Station and extending to:
- Independence, which is the Seat of Inyo County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lone Pine Station to Independence, 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 four to five hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 232 miles [373.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,225 miles [3,580.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 87 days and walking would take 127 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,400 miles [11,909.1 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 8,169 miles [13,146.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,173 miles [9,934.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Inyo County: www.inyocounty.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Lone Pine Station, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lone Pine Station) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lone Pine Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6181, Longitude: -118.0408 |
| <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 Lone Pine Station 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 336.414 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.523 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.526 degrees. |