Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Jaggersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jaggersville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Jaggersville

• 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 Jaggersville:
  • 38.371591, -118.541521
  • 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 Jaggersville

• 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 Mineral County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mineral County
  • Since Jaggersville is near Lyon County and also Mono County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lyon County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mono 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 Jaggersville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jaggersville ...

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.

• Aurora ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Aurora is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
• Chinatown ‑ Historic
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Chinatown is located in Mono County (CA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinatown
• Copperfield ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Copperfield is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
• Dutch Creek ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Dutch Creek is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Creek
• Elbow Stage Station ‑ Historic
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Elbow Stage Station is located in Lyon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbow Stage Station
• Esmeralda ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Esmeralda is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmeralda
• Lucky Boy ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Lucky Boy is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Boy
• Sodaville
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Sodaville is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodaville
• Whiskey Spring ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Whiskey Spring is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Spring

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Jaggersville and extending to:

• Hawthorne, which is the Seat of Mineral County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Jaggersville to Hawthorne, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 85 miles [136.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,219 miles [3,571.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 87 days and walking would take 126 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,300 miles [11,748.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,068 miles [12,984.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,088 miles [9,797.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'