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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 Burnt Cabin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burnt Cabin 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 Burnt Cabin:
- 39.096591, -117.765665
- 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 Burnt Cabin
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lander County
- Since Burnt Cabin is near Nye County and also Mineral County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nye County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mineral 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 Burnt Cabin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burnt Cabin ...
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.
- Basic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Basic is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basic
- Berlin ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Berlin is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Glen Hamilton ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Hamilton is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hamilton
- Green Springs ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Green Springs is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Idlewild ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Idlewild is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Knickerbocker ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Knickerbocker is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knickerbocker
- Lakeview ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Midas ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Midas is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midas
- Phonolite ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Phonolite is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phonolite
- Quartz Mountain ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Quartz Mountain is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartz Mountain
- Shamrock ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shamrock is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Union ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Burnt Cabin 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 Burnt Cabin 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 Burnt Cabin once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Burnt Cabin and extending to:
- Battle Mountain, which is the Seat of Lander County, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could drive a straight line from Burnt Cabin to Battle Mountain, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 107 miles [172.2 km] to the west (W). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,166 miles [3,485.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 123 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,237 miles [11,646.8 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 8,006 miles [12,884.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,023 miles [9,693.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<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 Burnt Cabin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Burnt Cabin) 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 Burnt Cabin 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 Burnt Cabin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0966, Longitude: -117.7657 In this case, the coordinates for Burnt Cabin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.472 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.756 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.321 degrees. |
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