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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 Caselton Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Caselton Heights 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 Caselton Heights:
- 37.913852, -114.479159
- 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 Caselton Heights
- 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 Caselton Heights is near Iron County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iron 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 Caselton Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Caselton Heights ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Big Trees is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
- Cold Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cold Spring is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Flat Nose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Flat Nose is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Nose
- Highland ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Jackrabbit ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jackrabbit is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackrabbit
- Prince ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Prince is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince
- Rose Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rose Valley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Valley
- Tempest ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tempest is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tempest
How Far From Caselton Heights 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 Caselton Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Caselton Heights and extending to:
- Pioche, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 298 miles [479.6 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Caselton Heights to Carson City, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,012 miles [3,238 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 79 days and walking would take 115 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,236 miles [11,645.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,005 miles [12,882.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,986 miles [9,633.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Caselton Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Caselton Heights 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 Caselton Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9139, Longitude: -114.4792 In this case, the coordinates for Caselton Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.677 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.332 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.421 degrees. |
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