Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Betty O'Neal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Betty O'Neal and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Betty O'Neal
- 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 Betty O'Neal:
- 40.459359, -116.893430
- 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 Betty O'Neal
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Lander County
- Since Betty O'Neal is near Eureka County and also Humboldt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Eureka County
- eBird sighting report for Humboldt 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Betty O'Neal ...
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.
- Copper Basin ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Basin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Basin
- Copper Basin is located in Lander County
- Crescent Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Valley
- Crescent Valley is located in Eureka County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crescent Valley <2>
- Dean ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Frisbie ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Galena ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Gold Quartz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Quartz have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Quartz
- Gold Quartz is located in Lander County
- Hilltop ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Jenkins ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Maysville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Mill Gulch ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Gulch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Gulch
- Mill Gulch is located in Lander County
- Mud Springs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mud Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Springs
- Mud Springs is located in Lander County
- Telluride ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Betty O'Neal 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 Betty O'Neal 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 Betty O'Neal once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Betty O'Neal and extending to:
- Battle Mountain, which is the Seat of Lander County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<5> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Betty O'Neal to Battle Mountain, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 176 miles [283.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,132 miles [11,477.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,901 miles [12,715.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,920 miles [9,527.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Nevada: https://nv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Betty O'Neal, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Betty O'Neal) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Betty O'Neal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4594, Longitude: -116.8934 In this case, the coordinates for Betty O'Neal have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Betty O'Neal to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.898 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.164 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.748 degrees. |