Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lost Horse Mine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lost Horse Mine and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lost Horse Mine
- 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 Lost Horse Mine:
- 33.940891, -116.136861
- 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 Lost Horse Mine
- 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 Riverside County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Riverside County
- Since Lost Horse Mine is near San Bernardino County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for San Bernardino 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 Lost Horse Mine ...
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.
- Desert Edge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Desert Edge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Edge
- Desert Edge is located in Riverside County
- Desert Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Desert Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Heights
- Desert Heights is located in San Bernardino County
- Hidden Palms
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Palms have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Palms
- Hidden Palms is located in Riverside County
- Joshua Tree
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Tree
- Joshua Tree is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Joshua Tree <2>
- Sky Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Valley
- Sky Valley is located in Riverside County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sky Valley <2>
- Smoke Tree
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smoke Tree have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Tree
- Smoke Tree is located in San Bernardino County
- Sunfair
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Thousand Palms
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousand Palms
- Thousand Palms is located in Riverside County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thousand Palms <2>
- Twentynine Palms
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twentynine Palms
- Twentynine Palms is located in San Bernardino County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,433 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Twentynine Palms <2>
How Far From Lost Horse Mine to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lost Horse Mine 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 Lost Horse Mine once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Lost Horse Mine and extending to:
- Riverside, which is the Seat of Riverside County, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<4> to the west. If you could drive a straight line from Lost Horse Mine to Riverside, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 437 miles [703.3 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,182 miles [3,511.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 86 days and walking would take 124 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,524 miles [12,108.7 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 8,292 miles [13,344.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,262 miles [10,077.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Riverside County: www.co.riverside.ca.us/
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 Lost Horse Mine, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lost Horse Mine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lost Horse Mine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9409, Longitude: -116.1369 |
| <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 Lost Horse Mine 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 334.49 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.007 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.423 degrees. |