Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Iron Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Iron Point and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Iron Point
- 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 Iron Point:
- 40.947682, -117.276782
- 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 Iron Point
- 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 Humboldt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Humboldt County
- Since Iron Point is near Lander County and also Elko County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lander County
- eBird sighting report for Elko 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Iron Point ...
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.
- Copper Basin ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Basin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Basin
- Copper Basin is located in Lander County
- Galena ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Gold Run ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Jenkins ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Kelly Creek ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelly Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Creek
- Kelly Creek is located in Humboldt County
- Knight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Piute ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Red House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Telluride ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Willow Point ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point
- Willow Point is located in Humboldt County
- Winnemucca
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnemucca
- Winnemucca is located in Humboldt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,801 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winnemucca <3>
How Far From Iron Point 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 Iron Point 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 Iron Point once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Iron Point and extending to:
- Winnemucca, which is the Seat of Humboldt County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<5> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Iron Point to Winnemucca, with an average speed<6> 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 179 miles [288.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,116 miles [3,405.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 121 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,110 miles [11,442.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,878 miles [12,678.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,904 miles [9,501.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Humboldt County: www.humboldt-county-nv.net/
The official website for State of Nevada: https://nv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Iron Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Iron Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Iron Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9477, Longitude: -117.2768 In this case, the coordinates for Iron Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Iron Point to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.256 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.623 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.959 degrees. |