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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 Diessner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Diessner 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 Diessner:
- 41.851837, -119.813829
- 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 Diessner
- 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 Washoe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washoe County
- Since Diessner is near Modoc County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Modoc County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Diessner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Diessner ...
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.
- Andys Place
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Andys Place is located in Washoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andys Place
- Cedarville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fairport is located in Modoc County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Lake City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Ranch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Willow Ranch is located in Modoc County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Ranch
How Far From Diessner to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Diessner 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 Diessner once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Diessner and extending to:
- Reno, which is the Seat of Washoe County, lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<3> to the south. If you could drive a straight line from Diessner to Reno, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 184 miles [296.1 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,236 miles [3,598.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 127 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,103 miles [11,431.2 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 7,870 miles [12,665.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,926 miles [9,537 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 Diessner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Diessner) 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 Diessner 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 Diessner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8518, Longitude: -119.8138 In this case, the coordinates for Diessner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.417 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.239 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.479 degrees. |
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