RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Nevada >> Nye County >> Amargosa >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Nevada

The Commemorative Quarter for Nevada





Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Amargosa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Amargosa and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Amargosa:
    • 36.569677, -116.158370
    • 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 Amargosa
  • 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

Communities Also Named Amargosa ...

We found one communities that share the name Amargosa.

Within Nevada, the name Amargosa is unique.

Beyond Nevada, there is another community also named Amargosa in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Texas
      • Jim Wells County
      • This Amargosa is located in Jim Wells County and lies 1,209 miles [1,945.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Amargosa that is located in Nye County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jim Wells County community of Amargosa.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Amargosa ...

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 Desert Rock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Desert Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Desert Rock
    • Camp Desert Rock is located in Nye County
  • Crystal
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Death Valley Junction
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Indian Springs
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Johnnie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnnie
    • Johnnie is located in Nye County
  • Mercury
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Pahrump
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Roses Well ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roses Well have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses Well
    • Roses Well is located in Nye County
  • Sugar Bunker
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Bunker have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bunker
    • Sugar Bunker is located in Nye County

How Far From Amargosa 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 Amargosa 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<4> community of Amargosa once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Amargosa and extending to:

  • Tonopah, which is the Seat of Nye County, lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could drive a straight line from Amargosa to Tonopah, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 266 miles [428.1 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,126 miles [3,421.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 121 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,360 miles [11,844.8 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 8,129 miles [13,082.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,116 miles [9,842.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for Nye County: www.co.nye.nv.us/

The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Amargosa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Amargosa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5697, Longitude: -116.1584       In this case, the coordinates for Amargosa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 Amargosa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Amargosa 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 334.868 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.658 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.426 degrees.




 

Copyright 2024
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024