Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lookout City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lookout City and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lookout City
- 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 Lookout City:
- 36.245558, -117.434761
- 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 Lookout City
- 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 Lookout City ...
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.
- Darwin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Darwin is located in Inyo County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Darwin <1>
- Death Valley Charcoal Kilns ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Death Valley Charcoal Kilns
- Death Valley Charcoal Kilns is located in Inyo County
- Harrisburg ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Harrisburg is located in Inyo County
- Junction Ranch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Ranch
- Junction Ranch is located in Inyo County
- Lane Mill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Skidoo ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidoo
- Skidoo is located in Inyo County
- Stovepipe Wells
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovepipe Wells
- Stovepipe Wells is located in Inyo County
- Valley Wells
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Wells
- Valley Wells is located in Inyo County
How Far From Lookout City 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 Lookout City 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 Lookout City once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Lookout City and extending to:
- Independence, which is the Seat of Inyo County, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<4> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lookout City to Independence, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 274 miles [441 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,200 miles [3,540.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 86 days and walking would take 125 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,410 miles [11,925.2 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 8,179 miles [13,162.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,175 miles [9,937.7 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> | 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. |
| <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 Lookout City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Lookout City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lookout City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2456, Longitude: -117.4348 |
| <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 Lookout City 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 335.869 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.841 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.172 degrees. |