Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Glenn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glenn and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Glenn
- 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 Glenn:
- 39.486326, -114.830297
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Glenn
- 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:
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Glenn ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Glenn.
Within Nevada, the name Glenn is unique.
Beyond Nevada, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Glenn is located in Cook County and lies 1,420 miles [2,285.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glenn that is located in White Pine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Glenn.
- Jackson County
- This Glenn is located in Jackson County and lies 1,362 miles [2,191.9 km] to the east of the Glenn that is located in White Pine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Glenn.
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Manitoba
- This Glenn lies 1,174 miles [1,889.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Glenn that is located in White Pine County.
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Phelps County
- Although located in Phelps County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phelps County community of Glenn.
- Ripley County
- This Glenn is located in Ripley County and lies 1,325 miles [2,132.4 km]<1> to the east of the Glenn that is located in White Pine County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ripley County community of Glenn.
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Utah
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenn ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Hunter ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Kent ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Keystone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Keystone Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keystone Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Junction
- Keystone Junction is located in White Pine County
- Lane City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane City
- Lane City is located in White Pine County
- Former name for Lane City:
- Mineral City
- Melvin ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Ruby Hill ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Steptoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Warm Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warm Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
- Warm Springs is located in White Pine County
How Far From Glenn 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 Glenn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Glenn and extending to:
- Ely, which is the Seat of White Pine County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Glenn to Ely, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 264 miles [424.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,007 miles [3,230 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 79 days and walking would take 114 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,147 miles [11,502 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 7,916 miles [12,739.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,910 miles [9,511.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glenn. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for White Pine County: www.co.white-pine.nv.us/
The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Glenn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Glenn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4863, Longitude: -114.8303 In this case, the coordinates for Glenn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Glenn 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Glenn to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.133 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.997 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.563 degrees. |