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 Andys Place:
41.794338, -119.385482
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.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Andys Place ...
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.
In the vicinity of Andys Place, Chinatown is located 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the Southeast
How Far From Andys Place 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 Andys Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Andys Place and extending to:
Reno, which is the Seat of Washoe County, lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could drive a straight line from Andys Place to Reno, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,215 miles [3,564.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 87 days and walking would take 126 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,098 miles [11,423.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,866 miles [12,659.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,917 miles [9,522.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Andys Place) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Andys Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7943, Longitude: -119.3855 In this case, the coordinates for Andys Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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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.
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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 Andys Place to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.059 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.812 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.215 degrees.