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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 Hannapah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hannapah 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 Hannapah:
- 38.127115, -116.916703
- 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 Hannapah
- 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 Hannapah is near Esmeralda County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Esmeralda 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 Hannapah
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hannapah ...
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.
- Divide ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Divide is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
- Ellendale ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ellendale is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Gold Reef ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Reef is located in Esmeralda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Reef
- Golden Arrow ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Golden Arrow is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Arrow
- Helena ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Helena is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Liberty ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Longstreet ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Longstreet is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longstreet
- Maggie Blues ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maggie Blues is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maggie Blues
- Volcano ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Volcano is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volcano
How Far From Hannapah 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 Hannapah 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<1> community of Hannapah once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hannapah and extending to:
- Tonopah, which is the Seat of Nye County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hannapah to Tonopah, with an average speed<3> 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 169 miles [272 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,137 miles [3,439.2 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 7,280 miles [11,716 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 8,049 miles [12,953.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,052 miles [9,739.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Hannapah, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Hannapah) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hannapah 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 Hannapah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1271, Longitude: -116.9167 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.672 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.733 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.84 degrees. |
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