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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 Dresslerville Colony, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dresslerville Colony 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 Dresslerville Colony:
- 38.896056, -119.713455
- 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 Dresslerville Colony
- 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Dresslerville Colony is near Alpine County and also El Dorado County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alpine County
- Open the eBird sighting report for El Dorado 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 Dresslerville Colony
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dresslerville Colony ...
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.
- Bridge House ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bridge House is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridge House
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Double Springs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Double Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
- Fredericksburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fredericksburg is located in Alpine County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Kingsbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsbury is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Mammoth Ledge ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mammoth Ledge is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth Ledge
- Summit Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Summit Village is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village
- Twelvemile House
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Twelvemile House is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelvemile House
- Walleys Hot Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Dresslerville Colony to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dresslerville Colony to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Dresslerville Colony and extending to:
- Minden, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Dresslerville Colony to Carson City, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,271 miles [3,654.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 129 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,290 miles [11,732.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,058 miles [12,968.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,093 miles [9,805.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dresslerville Colony) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Dresslerville Colony 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 Dresslerville Colony. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8961, Longitude: -119.7135 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.056 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.637 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.502 degrees. |
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