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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 Basalt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Basalt 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 Basalt:
- 38.007430, -118.273174
- 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 Basalt
- 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 Mineral County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mineral County
- Since Basalt is near Esmeralda County and also Mono County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Esmeralda County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mono 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 Basalt
Communities Also Named Basalt ...
We found three communities that are also named Basalt.
There is one other community in Nevada that is also named Basalt.
Beyond Nevada, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Nevada ...
- Esmeralda 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 Nevada community of Basalt [Esmeralda County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Eagle County
- This Basalt is located in Eagle County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Basalt that is located in Mineral County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eagle County community of Basalt.
- Idaho
- Bingham County
- This Basalt is located in Bingham County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Basalt that is located in Mineral County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bingham County community of Basalt.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Basalt ...
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.
- Calmville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Calmville is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calmville
- Coaldale ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Coaldale is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
- Coaldale has also been known as:
- Coaldale Junction
- Columbus ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Dyer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fish Lake ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fish Lake is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Lake
- Gold Hit
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gold Hit is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hit
- Metallic City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Metallic City is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metallic City
- Metallic City has also been known as:
- Pickhandle Gulch
- Sodaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sodaville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodaville
How Far From Basalt 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 Basalt to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Basalt and extending to:
- Hawthorne, which is the Seat of Mineral County, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Basalt to Hawthorne, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,211 miles [3,558.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 87 days and walking would take 126 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,317 miles [11,775.6 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 8,086 miles [13,013.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,101 miles [9,818.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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 Basalt 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Basalt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Basalt 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 Basalt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0074, Longitude: -118.2732 In this case, the coordinates for Basalt have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.77 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.041 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.648 degrees. |
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