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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 Abbottsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Abbottsville 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 Abbottsville:
- 35.466706, -114.938556
- 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 Abbottsville
- 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Since Abbottsville is near San Bernardino County and also Mohave County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Bernardino County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mohave 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 Abbottsville
Communities Also Named Abbottsville ...
We found one communities that are also named Abbottsville.
Within Nevada, the name Abbottsville is unique.
Beyond Nevada, there is another community also named Abbottsville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Darke County
- This Abbottsville is located in Darke County and lies 1,678 miles [2,700.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Abbottsville that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darke County community of Abbottsville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Abbottsville ...
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.
- Camp Booth ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Booth is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Booth
- Copper Camp ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Copper Camp is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Camp
- Crescent ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Crescent is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Emerald City ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Emerald City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald City
- Hart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hart is located in San Bernardino County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Lucky Jim Camp
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lucky Jim Camp is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Jim Camp
- Marie Camp
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Marie Camp is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie Camp
- Nelson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Searchlight
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
How Far From Abbottsville 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 Abbottsville 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 Abbottsville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Abbottsville and extending to:
- Las Vegas, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Abbottsville to Las Vegas, with an average speed<4> 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 most of two days.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 368 miles [592.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,083 miles [3,352.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 82 days and walking would take 119 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,399 miles [11,907.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,167 miles [13,143.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,137 miles [9,876.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Abbottsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Abbottsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Abbottsville 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 Abbottsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4667, Longitude: -114.9386 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.736 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.211 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.74 degrees. |
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