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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Nevada City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nevada City and the surrounding area.
- 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 Nevada City:
- 39.262188, -121.016919
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Nevada 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 Nevada County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nevada County
- Since Nevada City is near Sierra County and also Placer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sierra County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Placer 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Nevada City
Communities Also Named Nevada City ...
We found four communities that are also named Nevada City.
Within California, the name Nevada City is unique.
Beyond California, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Douglas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Nevada City [Douglas County].
- Montana
- Madison County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Nevada City [Madison County].
- Nevada
- Churchill County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Nevada City [Churchill County].
- Lyon County
- This community is historic and although located in Lyon County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Nevada City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nevada 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.
- Champion ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Champion is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Crystal Springs ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Crystal Springs is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
- Cypress Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cypress Hill is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Hill
- Forest Knolls
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Forest Knolls is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Knolls
- Gold Flat
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Grass Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hills Flat
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hills Flat is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Flat
- Providence ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Providence is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Ridge View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ridge View is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge View
- Sunrise Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunrise Heights is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Heights
- Timber Trails
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Timber Trails is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Trails
- Town Talk
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Town Talk is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Talk
- Willow Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Willow Valley is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Valley
How Far From Nevada City 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 city such as Nevada City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Nevada City and extending to:
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<4> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Nevada City to Sacramento, 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,333 miles [3,754.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,292 miles [11,735.3 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 8,059 miles [12,969.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,110 miles [9,833.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Nevada City could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | 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 Nevada City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Nevada City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Nevada City to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nevada City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2622, Longitude: -121.0169 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.178 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.00 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.294 degrees. |
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