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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 Blue Diamond, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blue Diamond and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Blue Diamond:
    • 36.047246, -115.406005
    • 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 Blue Diamond
  • 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
    • Since Blue Diamond is near Inyo County and also Nye County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Inyo County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nye 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 Blue Diamond

Communities Also Named Blue Diamond ...

We found one communities that are also named Blue Diamond.

Within Nevada, the name Blue Diamond is unique.

Beyond Nevada, there is another community also named Blue Diamond in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Perry County
      • This Blue Diamond is located in Perry County and lies 1,776 miles [2,858.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Blue Diamond that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Blue Diamond.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blue Diamond ...

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.

How Far From Blue Diamond 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 Blue Diamond to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blue Diamond and extending to:

  • Las Vegas, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Blue Diamond to Las Vegas, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 321 miles [516.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,096 miles [3,373.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 82 days and walking would take 119 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,375 miles [11,868.9 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 8,143 miles [13,104.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,120 miles [9,849.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blue Diamond) 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 Blue Diamond 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 Blue Diamond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0472, Longitude: -115.4060    
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.191 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.804 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.00 degrees.