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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 Dutch Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dutch Creek and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Dutch Creek:
    • 38.634643, -118.754306
    • 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 Dutch Creek
  • 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 Mineral County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mineral County
    • Since Dutch Creek is near Lyon County and also Mono County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lyon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mono 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 Dutch Creek

Communities Also Named Dutch Creek ...

We found one communities that are also named Dutch Creek.

Within Nevada, the name Dutch Creek is unique.

Beyond Nevada, there is another community also named Dutch Creek in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Nelson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Dutch Creek [Nelson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dutch Creek ...

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.

  • Aurora ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Aurora is located in Mineral County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
  • Copper Hill ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Copper Hill is located in Mineral County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hill
    • Copper Hill has also been known as:
    • Copperhill
  • Copper Run ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Copper Run is located in Mineral County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Run
  • Copperfield ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Copperfield is located in Mineral County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
  • Elbow Stage Station ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Elbow Stage Station is located in Lyon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbow Stage Station
  • Esmeralda ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Esmeralda is located in Mineral County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmeralda
  • Granite ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Granite is located in Mineral County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
  • Lucky Boy ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Lucky Boy is located in Mineral County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Boy
  • Mountain View ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mountain View is located in Mineral County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Sweetwater ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sweetwater is located in Lyon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
  • Whiskey Spring ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Whiskey Spring is located in Mineral County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Spring

How Far From Dutch Creek 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 Dutch Creek 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 Dutch Creek once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Dutch Creek and extending to:

  • Hawthorne, which is the Seat of Mineral County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dutch Creek to Hawthorne, with an average speed<4> 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 65 miles [104.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,226 miles [3,582.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 87 days and walking would take 127 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,287 miles [11,727.3 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 8,056 miles [12,964.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,080 miles [9,784.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Dutch Creek 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.
<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 Dutch Creek, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dutch Creek) 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 Dutch Creek 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 Dutch Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6346, Longitude: -118.7543       In this case, the coordinates for Dutch Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.235 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.638 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.926 degrees.