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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 Kyle Hot Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kyle Hot Springs 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 Kyle Hot Springs:
    • 40.406299, -117.883463
    • 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 Kyle Hot Springs
  • 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 Pershing County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pershing County
    • Since Kyle Hot Springs is near Churchill County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Churchill 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 Kyle Hot Springs

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kyle Hot Springs ...

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.

  • Cherry Creek ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Cherry Creek is located in Pershing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
  • Fitting
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Fitting is located in Pershing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitting
  • Humboldt City ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Humboldt City is located in Pershing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt City
  • Kennedy ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Kennedy is located in Pershing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
  • Panama
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Panama is located in Pershing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama
  • Star City ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Star City is located in Pershing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
  • Stevensville ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Stevensville is located in Pershing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevensville
  • Twain
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Twain is located in Pershing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twain
  • Unionville ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Unionville is located in Pershing County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville

How Far From Kyle Hot Springs 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 Kyle Hot Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Lovelock, which is the Seat of Pershing County, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kyle Hot Springs to Lovelock, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 131 miles [210.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,154 miles [3,466.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 123 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,157 miles [11,518.1 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 7,925 miles [12,754.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,952 miles [9,578.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kyle Hot Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Kyle Hot Springs 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 Kyle Hot Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4063, Longitude: -117.8835       In this case, the coordinates for Kyle Hot Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.701 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.114 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.349 degrees.