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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 Marie Camp, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marie 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 Marie Camp:
- 35.708320, -114.817479
- 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 Marie 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Since Marie Camp is near Mohave County and also San Bernardino County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mohave County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Bernardino 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 Marie Camp
Curious and Interesting Names Near Marie 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.
- Boulder City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Camp Booth ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Camp Booth is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Booth
- Copper Camp ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Copper Camp is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Camp
- Eldorado Canyon ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Eldorado Canyon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado Canyon
- Emerald City ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Emerald City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald City
- Hills Camp ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hills Camp is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Camp
- Lucky Jim Camp
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lucky Jim Camp is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Jim Camp
- Nelson
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Searchlight
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Willow Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Marie Camp 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 Marie 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 Marie Camp and extending to:
- Las Vegas, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Marie Camp to Las Vegas, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over 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 361 miles [581 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,071 miles [3,333 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 118 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,381 miles [11,878.6 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 8,149 miles [13,114.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,120 miles [9,849.2 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 '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- Marie 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 Marie 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 Marie Camp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7083, Longitude: -114.8175 In this case, the coordinates for Marie Camp have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.671 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.152 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.669 degrees. |
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