Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lucky Boy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lucky Boy and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lucky Boy
- 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 Lucky Boy:
- 38.460201, -118.679024
- 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 Lucky Boy
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Mineral County
- Since Lucky Boy is near Lyon County and also Mono County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lyon County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lucky Boy ...
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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Aurora is located in Mineral County
- Chinatown ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinatown
- Chinatown is located in Mono County (CA)
- Copper Hill ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hill
- Copper Hill is located in Mineral County
- Copper Hill has also been known as:
- Copperhill
- Copperfield ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copperfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
- Copperfield is located in Mineral County
- Dutch Creek ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutch Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Creek
- Dutch Creek is located in Mineral County
- Elbow Stage Station ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elbow Stage Station have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbow Stage Station
- Elbow Stage Station is located in Lyon County
- Esmeralda ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Lower Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Town
- Lower Town is located in Mono County (CA)
- Masonic ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west) - Whiskey Spring ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whiskey Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Spring
- Whiskey Spring is located in Mineral County
How Far From Lucky Boy 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 Lucky Boy 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<3> community of Lucky Boy once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Lucky Boy and extending to:
- Hawthorne, which is the Seat of Mineral County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<4> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Lucky Boy to Carson City, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,225 miles [3,580.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 87 days and walking would take 127 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,297 miles [11,743.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,065 miles [12,979.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,087 miles [9,796.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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> | 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 Lucky Boy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Lucky Boy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lucky Boy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4602, Longitude: -118.6790 In this case, the coordinates for Lucky Boy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Lucky Boy to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.154 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.53 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.884 degrees. |