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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 Battle Mountain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Battle Mountain 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 Battle Mountain:
- 40.642256, -116.934713
- 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 Battle Mountain
- 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 Lander County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lander County
- Since Battle Mountain is near Humboldt County and also Eureka County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Humboldt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eureka 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 Battle Mountain
Curious and Interesting Names Near Battle Mountain ...
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.
- Betty O'Neal ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Betty O'Neal is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betty O'Neal
- Copper Basin ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Copper Basin is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Basin
- Dean ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dean is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Galena ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Galena is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Hilltop ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hilltop is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Jenkins ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maysville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Maysville is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Piute ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Piute is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piute
- Telluride ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Telluride is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telluride
How Far From Battle Mountain 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 Battle Mountain to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Battle Mountain and extending to:
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Battle Mountain to Carson City, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,102 miles [3,382.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 120 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,122 miles [11,461.7 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 7,890 miles [12,697.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,911 miles [9,512.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Battle Mountain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Battle Mountain 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 Battle Mountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6423, Longitude: -116.9347 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.949 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.238 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.765 degrees. |
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