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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 Dewitt Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dewitt Mill 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 Dewitt Mill:
- 40.633979, -117.108052
- 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 Dewitt Mill
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lander County
- Since Dewitt Mill is near Humboldt County and also Eureka County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Humboldt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eureka 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 Dewitt Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dewitt Mill ...
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.
- Betty O'Neal ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Betty O'Neal is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betty O'Neal
- Copper Basin ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Copper Basin is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Basin
- Dean ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dean is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Galena ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Galena is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Jenkins ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Knight
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Knight is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight
- Piute ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Piute is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piute
- Telluride ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Telluride is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telluride
How Far From Dewitt Mill 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 Dewitt Mill 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<1> community of Dewitt Mill once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dewitt Mill and extending to:
- Battle Mountain, which is the Seat of Lander County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Dewitt Mill to Battle Mountain, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 173 miles [278.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,111 miles [3,397.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 120 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,126 miles [11,468.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,895 miles [12,705.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,916 miles [9,520.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Dewitt Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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- Dewitt Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Dewitt Mill 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 Dewitt Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6340, Longitude: -117.1081 In this case, the coordinates for Dewitt Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.09 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.403 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.87 degrees. |
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