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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 Harney, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harney 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 Harney:
- 40.577404, -116.325039
- 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 Harney
- 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 Eureka County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eureka County
- Since Harney is near Elko County and also Lander County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elko County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lander 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 Harney
Communities Also Named Harney ...
We found seven communities that are also named Harney.
Within Nevada, the name Harney is unique.
Beyond Nevada, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Weld County
- This Harney is located in Weld County and lies 599 miles [964 km]<1> to the east of the Harney that is located in Eureka County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weld County community of Harney.
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Harney is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,105 miles [3,387.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Harney that is located in Eureka County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Harney.
- Maryland
- Carroll County
- This Harney is located in Carroll County and lies 2,048 miles [3,295.9 km]<1> to the east of the Harney that is located in Eureka County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Harney.
- Minnesota
- Carlton County
- This Harney is located in Carlton County and lies 1,265 miles [2,035.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Harney that is located in Eureka County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carlton County community of Harney.
- Oregon
- Harney County
- This Harney is located in Harney County and lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Harney that is located in Eureka County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harney County community of Harney.
- South Dakota
- Pennington County
- This Harney is located in Pennington County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Harney that is located in Eureka County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pennington County community of Harney.
- Wyoming
- Albany County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Harney [Albany County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harney ...
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.
- Cottonwood ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cottonwood is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Crescent Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gerald ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gerald is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Gold Quartz
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Quartz is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Quartz
- Goldville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Goldville is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Highland ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hunter ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Leeville is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville
- Mill Gulch ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Gulch is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Gulch
- Mud Springs ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mud Springs is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Springs
How Far From Harney to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Harney 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<4> community of Harney once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Harney and extending to:
- Eureka, which is the Seat of Eureka County, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could drive a straight line from Harney to Eureka, with an average speed<5>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 206 miles [331.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,072 miles [3,334.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 118 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,113 miles [11,447.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,881 miles [12,683.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,896 miles [9,488.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Harney) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Harney 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Harney, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Harney 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 Harney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5774, Longitude: -116.3250 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.448 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.639 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.401 degrees. |
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