Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Buckingham Camp, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buckingham Camp and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Buckingham Camp
- 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 Buckingham Camp:
- 40.612966, -117.072605
- 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 Buckingham Camp
- 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 Buckingham Camp 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buckingham Camp ...
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.<1> 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
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- 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
- Dean ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Galena ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Hilltop ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Jenkins ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Knight
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north) - Maysville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Piute ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Telluride ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Buckingham Camp 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 Buckingham Camp 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 Buckingham Camp once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Buckingham Camp and extending to:
- Battle Mountain, which is the Seat of Lander County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<4> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Buckingham Camp to Carson City, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,110 miles [3,395.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,126 miles [11,468.2 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 7,895 miles [12,705.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,916 miles [9,520.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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> | 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. |
| <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 Buckingham Camp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Buckingham Camp) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Buckingham Camp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6130, Longitude: -117.0726 In this case, the coordinates for Buckingham Camp have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Buckingham Camp to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.059 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.365 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.85 degrees. |