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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 Comstock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Comstock 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 Comstock:
    • 39.270190, -119.661568
    • 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 Comstock
  • 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 Storey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Storey County
    • Since Comstock is near Lyon County and also Washoe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lyon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washoe 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 Comstock

Communities Also Named Comstock ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Comstock.

There is one other community in Nevada that is also named Comstock.

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

  • Communities Located In Nevada ...
    • Washoe County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Washoe County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washoe County community of Comstock.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Madison 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 Illinois community of Comstock [Madison County].
    • Iowa
      • Wapello 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 Iowa community of Comstock [Wapello County].
    • Michigan
      • Kalamazoo County
      • This Comstock is located in Kalamazoo County and lies 1,785 miles [2,872.7 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Comstock that is located in Storey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kalamazoo County community of Comstock.
    • Minnesota
      • Clay County
      • This Comstock is located in Clay County and lies 1,259 miles [2,026.2 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Comstock that is located in Storey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Comstock.
    • Nebraska
      • Custer County
      • This Comstock is located in Custer County and lies 1,082 miles [1,741.3 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Comstock that is located in Storey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Comstock.
    • New York
      • Washington County
      • This Comstock is located in Washington County and lies 2,381 miles [3,831.8 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Comstock that is located in Storey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Comstock.
    • North Dakota
      • Benson County
      • This Comstock is located in Benson County and lies 1,177 miles [1,894.2 km]<3> to the northeast of the Comstock that is located in Storey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benson County community of Comstock.
    • Ohio
      • Scioto County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Scioto County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Comstock.
    • Oregon
      • Douglas County
      • This Comstock is located in Douglas County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Comstock that is located in Storey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Comstock.
    • Texas
      • Val Verde County
      • This Comstock is located in Val Verde County and lies 1,239 miles [1,994 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Comstock that is located in Storey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Val Verde County community of Comstock.
    • Utah
      • Iron 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 Utah community of Comstock [Iron County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Barron County
      • This Comstock is located in Barron County and lies 1,462 miles [2,352.9 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Comstock that is located in Storey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barron County community of Comstock.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Comstock ...

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.

  • American City ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • American City is located in Storey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
  • American Flat ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • American Flat is located in Storey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Flat
  • Divide
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Divide is located in Storey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
  • Gold Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Gold Hill is located in Storey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
  • Johntown ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Johntown is located in Lyon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johntown
  • Jumbo ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jumbo is located in Washoe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
  • Lower Gold Hill ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Lower Gold Hill is located in Storey County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gold Hill
  • Mound House
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Silver City
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Silver City is located in Lyon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
  • Twin Flat
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Twin Flat is located in Lyon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Flat
  • Virginia City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)

How Far From Comstock 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 Comstock 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 Comstock once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Comstock and extending to:

  • Virginia City, which is the Seat of Storey County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies just to the southwest (SW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,263 miles [3,641.9 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Comstock to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 5 days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 129 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 89 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,265 miles [11,691.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,033 miles [12,927.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,070 miles [9,768.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'

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 Comstock, 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 Comstock 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Comstock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Comstock 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 Comstock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2702, Longitude: -119.6616       In this case, the coordinates for Comstock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.052 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.653 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.463 degrees.