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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 Bristol Well, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bristol Well 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 Bristol Well:
- 38.104960, -114.688891
- 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 Bristol Well
- 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Since Bristol Well is near Nye County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- 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 Bristol Well
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bristol Well ...
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.
- Big Trees
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Big Trees is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
- Coyote ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coyote is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote
- Flat Nose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Nose is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Nose
- Highland ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Jackrabbit ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jackrabbit is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackrabbit
- Pony Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pony Springs is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pony Springs
- Prince ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Prince is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince
- Rose Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Valley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Valley
- Tempest ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tempest is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tempest
How Far From Bristol Well 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 Bristol Well 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<1> community of Bristol Well once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bristol Well and extending to:
- Pioche, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bristol Well to Pioche, with an average speed<3> 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 283 miles [455.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,020 miles [3,250.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 79 days and walking would take 115 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,230 miles [11,635.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,998 miles [12,871.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,982 miles [9,627.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bristol Well, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bristol Well) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Bristol Well 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 Bristol Well. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1050, Longitude: -114.6889 In this case, the coordinates for Bristol Well have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.867 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.574 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.536 degrees. |
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