Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Maestretti:
  • 39.383534, -117.627885
  • 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 Maestretti

• 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 Lander County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lander County
  • Since Maestretti is near Churchill County and also Nye County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Churchill County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Nye 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 Maestretti

Curious and Interesting Names Near Maestretti ...

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.

• Alpine ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Alpine is located in Churchill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
  • Alpine has also been known as:
  • Clan Alpine
• Burnt Cabin ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Burnt Cabin is located in Lander County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabin
• Cold Springs
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Cold Springs is located in Churchill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
• Idlewild ‑ Historic
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Idlewild is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
• Jacobsville ‑ Historic
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Jacobsville is located in Lander County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsville
• Lakeview ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lakeview is located in Lander County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
• Midas ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Midas is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midas
• Phonolite ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Phonolite is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phonolite
• Red Top ‑ Historic
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Red Top is located in Churchill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top

How Far From Maestretti 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 Maestretti 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<1> community of Maestretti once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Maestretti and extending to:

• Battle Mountain, which is the Seat of Lander County, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could drive a straight line from Maestretti to Battle Mountain, with an average speed<3>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 115 miles [185.1 km] to the west (W). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,155 miles [3,468.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 123 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,216 miles [11,613 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 7,985 miles [12,850.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,003 miles [9,660.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'