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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 Horseshoe Bend, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Horseshoe Bend and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Horseshoe Bend:
    • 37.684134, -114.129425
    • 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 Horseshoe Bend
  • 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
    • Since Horseshoe Bend is near Iron County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Iron County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Horseshoe Bend

Communities Also Named Horseshoe Bend ...

We found seven communities that are also named Horseshoe Bend.

Within Nevada, the name Horseshoe Bend is unique.

Beyond Nevada, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Izard County
      • This Horseshoe Bend is located in Izard County and lies 1,236 miles [1,989.1 km]<1> to the east of the Horseshoe Bend that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Izard County community of Horseshoe Bend.
    • Georgia
      • Bulloch County
      • This Horseshoe Bend is located in Bulloch County and lies 1,851 miles [2,978.9 km]<1> to the east of the Horseshoe Bend that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bulloch County community of Horseshoe Bend.
      • Floyd County
      • This Horseshoe Bend is located in Floyd County and lies 1,626 miles [2,616.8 km] to the east of the Horseshoe Bend that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Horseshoe Bend.
      • Fulton County
      • This Horseshoe Bend is located in Fulton County and lies 1,682 miles [2,706.9 km] to the east of the Horseshoe Bend that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Horseshoe Bend.
      • Heard 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 Georgia community of Horseshoe Bend [Heard County].
    • Idaho
      • Boise County
      • This Horseshoe Bend is located in Boise County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Horseshoe Bend that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boise County community of Horseshoe Bend.
    • Virginia
      • Smyth County
      • This Horseshoe Bend is located in Smyth County and lies 1,781 miles [2,866.2 km]<1> to the east of the Horseshoe Bend that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smyth County community of Horseshoe Bend.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Horseshoe Bend ...

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.

  • Brown ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Brown is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
  • Cold Spring
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Cold Spring is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
  • Crestline ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Crestline is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
  • Crossroads
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
    • Crossroads has also been known as:
    • Crossroad
  • Deer Lodge ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Deer Lodge is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
  • Desert Springs ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Desert Springs is located in Iron County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Springs
  • Fay ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Fay is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fay
  • Flat Nose
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Flat Nose is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Nose
  • Hebron ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Hebron is located in Washington County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
  • Rose Valley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Rose Valley is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Valley

How Far From Horseshoe Bend 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 Horseshoe Bend to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Horseshoe Bend and extending to:

  • Pioche, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Horseshoe Bend to Pioche, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 321 miles [516.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,998 miles [3,215.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 114 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,242 miles [11,654.9 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 8,010 miles [12,890.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,988 miles [9,636.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Horseshoe Bend) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Horseshoe Bend 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 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 Horseshoe Bend 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 Horseshoe Bend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6841, Longitude: -114.1294       In this case, the coordinates for Horseshoe Bend have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.37 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.947 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.228 degrees.