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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 Bridge House, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bridge House 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 Bridge House:
- 39.043242, -119.781290
- 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 Bridge House
- 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Bridge House is near Carson City and also El Dorado County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carson City
- Open the eBird sighting report for El Dorado 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 Bridge House
Communities Also Named Bridge House ...
We found one communities that are also named Bridge House.
Within Nevada, the name Bridge House is unique.
Beyond Nevada, there is another community also named Bridge House in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Sacramento 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 California community of Bridge House [Sacramento County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bridge House ...
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.
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buckeye is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Centerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Elk Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Point is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Point
- Empire
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Empire is located in Carson City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Hobart ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hobart is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Indian Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Indian Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Kingsbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kingsbury is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Lincoln Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Park is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- New Empire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Empire is located in Carson City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Empire
- Round Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Round Hill is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Hill
- Skyland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Skyland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyland
- Spooner Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spooner Junction is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner Junction
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Summit Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Summit Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village
- Twelvemile House
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Twelvemile House is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelvemile House
- Walleys Hot Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Walleys Hot Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walleys Hot Springs
- Zephyr Cove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
How Far From Bridge House 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 Bridge House 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 Bridge House once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Bridge House and extending to:
- Minden, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the South.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Bridge House to Carson City, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,273 miles [3,658 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 130 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,282 miles [11,719.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,050 miles [12,955.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,087 miles [9,796.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Bridge House 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Bridge House, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Bridge House) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Bridge House 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 Bridge House. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0432, Longitude: -119.7813 In this case, the coordinates for Bridge House have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.128 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.731 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.54 degrees. |
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