Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Curtis, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Curtis and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Curtis
- 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 Curtis:
- 39.747144, -117.161485
- 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 Curtis
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Lander County
- Since Curtis is near Churchill County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- 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 Curtis ...
We found 39 communities that share the name Curtis.
Within Nevada, the name Curtis is unique.
Beyond Nevada, we know of another 39 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 39 communities, 38 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Clark County
- This Curtis is located in Clark County and lies 1,381 miles [2,222.5 km]<1> to the east of the Curtis that is located in Lander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Curtis.
- Saline County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Curtis [Saline County].
- California
- Siskiyou County
- This Curtis is located in Siskiyou County and lies 261 miles [420 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Curtis that is located in Lander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Siskiyou County community of Curtis.
- Yolo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Curtis [Yolo County].
- Colorado
- El Paso County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Curtis [El Paso County].
- Pueblo 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 Colorado community of Curtis [Pueblo County].
- Washington County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Curtis [Washington County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Carroll County
- This Curtis is located in Carroll County and lies 1,819 miles [2,927.4 km]<1> to the east of the Curtis that is located in Lander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Curtis.
- Fannin County
- This Curtis is located in Fannin County and lies 1,822 miles [2,932.2 km] to the east of the Curtis that is located in Lander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Curtis.
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Manitoba
- This Curtis lies 1,161 miles [1,868.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Curtis that is located in Lander County.
- Michigan
- Emmet County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Curtis [Emmet County].
- Mackinac County
- This Curtis is located in Mackinac County and lies 1,636 miles [2,632.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Curtis that is located in Lander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mackinac County community of Curtis.
- Midland County
- This Curtis is located in Midland County and lies 1,694 miles [2,726.2 km] to the east northeast of the Curtis that is located in Lander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Midland County community of Curtis.
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New York
- Herkimer County
- This Curtis is located in Herkimer County and lies 2,180 miles [3,508.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Curtis that is located in Lander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Herkimer County community of Curtis.
- Steuben County
- This Curtis is located in Steuben County and lies 2,072 miles [3,334.6 km] to the east northeast of the Curtis that is located in Lander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of Curtis.
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Texas
- Dallas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Curtis [Dallas County].
- Eastland 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 Texas community of Curtis [Eastland County].
- Jasper County
- This Curtis is located in Jasper County and lies 1,431 miles [2,303 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Curtis that is located in Lander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Curtis.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Curtis is located in Salt Lake County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Curtis that is located in Lander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Curtis.
- Utah County
- This Curtis is located in Utah County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km] to the east of the Curtis that is located in Lander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Utah County community of Curtis.
- Virginia
- Bedford County
- This Curtis is located in Bedford County and lies 2,023 miles [3,255.7 km]<1> to the east of the Curtis that is located in Lander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Curtis.
- Chesterfield County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Curtis [Chesterfield County].
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Curtis ...
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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Grass Valley ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grass Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Valley
- Grass Valley is located in Lander County
- Jacobsville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsville
- Jacobsville is located in Lander County
- Ravenswood ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ravenswood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
- Ravenswood is located in Lander County
- Yankee Blade ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Yankee Blade. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Blade
- Yankee Blade is located in Lander County
How Far From Curtis 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 Curtis 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 Curtis once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Curtis and extending to:
- Battle Mountain, which is the Seat of Lander County, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Curtis to Battle Mountain, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 144 miles [231.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,126 miles [3,421.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 121 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,183 miles [11,559.9 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 7,952 miles [12,797.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,968 miles [9,604.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Nevada: https://nv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Curtis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Curtis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7471, Longitude: -117.1615 In this case, the coordinates for Curtis have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Curtis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Curtis 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Curtis 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 336.046 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.291 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.938 degrees. |