Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Churchill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Churchill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Churchill
- 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 Churchill:
- 39.271585, -119.280992
- 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 Churchill
- 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 Lyon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lyon County
- Since Churchill is near Storey County and also Churchill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Storey County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Churchill ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Churchill.
Within Nevada, the name Churchill is unique.
Beyond Nevada, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, eighteen are located in the United States and six are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Bureau County
- This Churchill is located in Bureau County and lies 1,583 miles [2,547.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Churchill that is located in Lyon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bureau County community of Churchill.
- Cook County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Churchill [Cook County].
- Kansas
- Manitoba
- This Churchill lies 1,741 miles [2,801.9 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Churchill that is located in Lyon County.
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Antrim County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Churchill [Antrim County].
- Cheboygan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Churchill [Cheboygan County].
- Muskegon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Churchill [Muskegon County].
- Ogemaw County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Churchill [Ogemaw County].
- Minnesota
- Chippewa County
- This Churchill is located in Chippewa County and lies 1,257 miles [2,022.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Churchill that is located in Lyon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chippewa County community of Churchill.
- Renville County
- This Churchill is located in Renville County and lies 1,312 miles [2,111.5 km] to the east northeast of the Churchill that is located in Lyon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Renville County community of Churchill.
- Montana
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Prince Edward Island
- This Churchill lies 2,817 miles [4,533.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Churchill that is located in Lyon County.
- Texas
- Virginia
- Culpeper County
- This Churchill is located in Culpeper County and lies 2,201 miles [3,542.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Churchill that is located in Lyon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Culpeper County community of Churchill.
- Fairfax County
- This Churchill is located in Fairfax County and lies 2,236 miles [3,598.5 km] to the east northeast of the Churchill that is located in Lyon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Churchill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Churchill ...
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.
- Eureka ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Eureka is located in Lyon County
- Fiddlers Green
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fiddlers Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlers Green
- Fiddlers Green is located in Carson City
- Flowery City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowery City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowery City
- Flowery City is located in Storey County
- Greenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Lyon County
- Gregory ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Johntown ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Lower Gold Hill ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Gold Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gold Hill
- Lower Gold Hill is located in Storey County
- Marshland ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Nevada Station ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nevada Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada Station
- Nevada Station is located in Lyon County
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- Silver City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Silver City is located in Lyon County
- Silver Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Silver Springs is located in Lyon County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Springs <4>
- Stagecoach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stagecoach
- Stagecoach is located in Lyon County
- Stone Cabin ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone Cabin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Cabin
- Stone Cabin is located in Lyon County
- Twin Flat
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Virginia City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
- Virginia City is located in Storey County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virginia City <4>
- Silver City
How Far From Churchill 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 Churchill 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<5> community of Churchill once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Churchill and extending to:
- Yerington, which is the Seat of Lyon County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Churchill to Yerington, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 26 miles [41.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,243 miles [3,609.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 128 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,258 miles [11,680.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,026 miles [12,916.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,059 miles [9,751 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Lyon County: www.lyon-county.org/
The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Churchill 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Churchill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Churchill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2716, Longitude: -119.2810 In this case, the coordinates for Churchill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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 Churchill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Churchill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.737 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.277 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.231 degrees. |