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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 Canon City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Canon City and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Canon City:
    • 39.456592, -117.129258
    • 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 Canon City
  • 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 Canon City is near Nye County and also Churchill 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 Churchill 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 Canon City

Communities Also Named Canon City ...

We found three communities that are also named Canon City.

Within Nevada, the name Canon City is unique.

Beyond Nevada, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Shasta County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Canon City [Shasta County].
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Canon City [Arapahoe County].
      • Fremont County
      • This Canon City is located in Fremont County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<3> to the east of the Canon City that is located in Lander County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fremont County community of Canon City.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Canon City ...

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.

  • Geneva ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Geneva is located in Lander County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
  • Grass Valley ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Grass Valley is located in Lander County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Valley
  • Jacobsville ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jacobsville is located in Lander County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsville
  • Junction ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Junction is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
  • Lakeview ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeview is located in Lander County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Millett ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Millett is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millett
  • Park Canyon ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Park Canyon is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Canyon
  • Ravenswood ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Ravenswood is located in Lander County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
  • Yankee Blade ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Yankee Blade is located in Lander County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Blade

How Far From Canon City 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 Canon City 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 community of Canon City once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Canon City and extending to:

  • Battle Mountain, which is the Seat of Lander County, lies 82 miles [132 km]<3> to the north. If you could drive a straight line from Canon City to Battle Mountain, 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 142 miles [228.5 km] to the west (W). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,128 miles [3,424.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 84 days and walking would take 121 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,201 miles [11,588.9 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 7,969 miles [12,824.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,983 miles [9,628.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Canon City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Canon City 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.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Canon City) 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 Canon City 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 Canon City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4566, Longitude: -117.1293       In this case, the coordinates for Canon City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.99 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.204 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.928 degrees.