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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 East Ely, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Ely 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 East Ely:
- 39.255679, -114.867128
- 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 East Ely
- 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 White Pine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for White Pine 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 East Ely
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Ely ...
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.
- Adverse ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Copper Flat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Keystone
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Keystone is located in White Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Keystone Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Keystone Junction is located in White Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Junction
- Lane City ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Steptoe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Steptoe is located in White Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steptoe
- Sunshine Camp ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sunshine Camp is located in White Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Camp
- Veteran ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Veteran is located in White Pine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veteran
How Far From East Ely 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 East Ely to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in East Ely and extending to:
- Ely, which is the Seat of White Pine County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 261 miles [420 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from East Ely to Carson City, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,013 miles [3,239.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 79 days and walking would take 115 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,162 miles [11,526.1 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 7,931 miles [12,763.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,924 miles [9,533.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- East Ely) 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 East Ely 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 East Ely. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2557, Longitude: -114.8671 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.138 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.985 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.595 degrees. |
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