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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 Buffalo Meadows, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buffalo Meadows 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 Buffalo Meadows:
- 40.607680, -119.741033
- 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 Buffalo Meadows
- 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 Washoe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washoe County
- Since Buffalo Meadows is near Lassen County and also Pershing County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lassen County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pershing 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 Buffalo Meadows
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buffalo Meadows ...
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.
- Deep Hole ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Deep Hole is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Hole
- Empire
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hot Springs ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hot Springs is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Sand Pass
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sand Pass is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Pass
- Sheepshead
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sheepshead is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheepshead
- Smoke Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Smoke Creek is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Creek
- Stacy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stacy is located in Lassen County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
- Viewland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Viewland is located in Lassen County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viewland
How Far From Buffalo Meadows to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Buffalo Meadows 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<2> community of Buffalo Meadows once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Buffalo Meadows and extending to:
- Reno, which is the Seat of Washoe County, lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<3> to the south. If you could drive a straight line from Buffalo Meadows to Reno, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 99 miles [159.3 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,247 miles [3,616.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 128 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,181 miles [11,556.7 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 7,949 miles [12,792.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,996 miles [9,649.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Buffalo Meadows, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Buffalo Meadows) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Buffalo Meadows 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 Buffalo Meadows. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6077, Longitude: -119.7410 In this case, the coordinates for Buffalo Meadows have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.247 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.965 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.478 degrees. |
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