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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 Labbe Camp, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Labbe Camp 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 Labbe Camp:
- 36.450790, -116.056420
- 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 Labbe Camp
- 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 Nye County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nye County
- Since Labbe Camp is near Clark County and also Inyo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Inyo 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 Labbe Camp
Curious and Interesting Names Near Labbe Camp ...
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.
- Camp Desert Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Camp Desert Rock is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Desert Rock
- Crystal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Death Valley Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evelyn ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Evelyn is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
- Indian Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Johnnie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Johnnie is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnnie
- Mercury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pahrump
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
How Far From Labbe Camp 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 Labbe Camp to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Labbe Camp and extending to:
- Tonopah, which is the Seat of Nye County, lies 128 miles [206 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could drive a straight line from Labbe Camp to Tonopah, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 276 miles [444.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,123 miles [3,416.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 121 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,365 miles [11,852.8 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 8,134 miles [13,090.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,119 miles [9,847.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Labbe Camp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Labbe Camp 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 Labbe Camp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4508, Longitude: -116.0564 In this case, the coordinates for Labbe Camp have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.77 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.531 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.368 degrees. |
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