Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Fluorine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fluorine and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Fluorine

• 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 Fluorine:
  • 36.886336, -116.697003
  • 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 Fluorine

• 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 Nye County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Nye County
  • Since Fluorine is near Inyo County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Inyo 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 Fluorine

Communities Also Named Fluorine ...

We found one communities that are also named Fluorine.

Within Nevada, the name Fluorine is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • New Mexico
    • Sierra County
    • This community is historic<1> and although located in Sierra County, we don't know where within the county.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sierra County community of Fluorine.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fluorine ...

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.

• Bullfrog ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Bullfrog is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullfrog
• Chloride City ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Chloride City is located in Inyo County (CA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloride City
• Farmer Station
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Farmer Station is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer Station
• Gold Bar ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Gold Bar is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Bar
• Gold Center ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Gold Center is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Center
• Harmony Borax Works ‑ Historic
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Harmony Borax Works is located in Inyo County (CA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Borax Works
  • Former name for Harmony Borax Works:
  • Greenland
• Hot Springs
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hot Springs is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
• Original ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Original is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Original
• Roses Well ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Roses Well is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses Well

How Far From Fluorine 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 Fluorine 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 community of Fluorine once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fluorine and extending to:

• Tonopah, which is the Seat of Nye County, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could drive a straight line from Fluorine to Tonopah, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 229 miles [368.5 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,148 miles [3,456.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 84 days and walking would take 122 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,353 miles [11,833.5 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 8,122 miles [13,071.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,115 miles [9,841.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'