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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 Cressid, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cressid 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 Cressid:
- 39.928689, -118.712601
- 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 Cressid
- 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 Churchill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Churchill County
- Since Cressid is near Pershing County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pershing 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 Cressid
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cressid ...
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.
- Clarksville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksville is located in Pershing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Granite Point ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jessup ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kodak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kodak is located in Pershing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kodak
- Lovelock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nightingale ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Stillwater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Toy ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Toy is located in Pershing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toy
- Trinity
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
How Far From Cressid 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 Cressid 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<2> community of Cressid once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Cressid and extending to:
- Fallon, which is the Seat of Churchill County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Cressid to Fallon, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,204 miles [3,547 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 86 days and walking would take 126 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,204 miles [11,593.7 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 7,972 miles [12,829.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,004 miles [9,662.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Cressid, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Cressid) 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 Cressid 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 Cressid. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9287, Longitude: -118.7126 In this case, the coordinates for Cressid have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.334 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.837 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.869 degrees. |
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