Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Blanco, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blanco and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Blanco
- 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 Blanco:
- 40.563800, -117.130106
- 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 Blanco
- 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 Blanco is near Humboldt County and also Eureka County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Humboldt County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Blanco ...
We found eight communities that share the name Blanco.
Within Nevada, the name Blanco is unique.
Beyond Nevada, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Monterey County
- This Blanco is located in Monterey County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Blanco that is located in Lander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monterey County community of Blanco.
- Tulare County
- This Blanco is located in Tulare County and lies 338 miles [544 km] to the south southwest of the Blanco that is located in Lander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Blanco.
- New Mexico
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blanco ...
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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Betty O'Neal have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betty O'Neal
- Betty O'Neal is located in Lander County
- Copper Basin ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Basin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Basin
- Copper Basin is located in Lander County
- Dean ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Galena ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Hilltop ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Jenkins ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Maysville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Piute ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Telluride ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
How Far From Blanco to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Blanco 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<3> community of Blanco once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Blanco and extending to:
- Battle Mountain, which is the Seat of Lander County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Blanco to Battle Mountain, with an average speed<4> 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 169 miles [272 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 2,113 miles [3,400.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,131 miles [11,476.2 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 7,899 miles [12,712.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,921 miles [9,528.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blanco) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blanco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5638, Longitude: -117.1301 In this case, the coordinates for Blanco 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> | 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 Blanco, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Blanco to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.101 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.412 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.887 degrees. |