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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 McLeans, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McLeans 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 McLeans:
    • 38.047709, -117.652041
    • 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 McLeans
  • 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 Esmeralda County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Esmeralda County
    • Since McLeans is near Nye County and also Mineral County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nye County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mineral 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 McLeans

Communities Also Named McLeans ...

We found one communities that are also named McLeans.

Within Nevada, the name McLeans is unique.

Beyond Nevada, there is another community also named McLeans in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of McLeans [Montgomery County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near McLeans ...

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
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Alpine is located in Esmeralda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
  • Alum ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Alum is located in Esmeralda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum
  • Blair ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Blair is located in Esmeralda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
  • Calmville ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Calmville is located in Esmeralda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calmville
  • Coaldale ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Coaldale is located in Esmeralda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
    • Coaldale has also been known as:
    • Coaldale Junction
  • Columbus ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Columbus is located in Esmeralda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
  • Coyote Hole
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Coyote Hole is located in Esmeralda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Hole
  • Fish Lake ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Fish Lake is located in Esmeralda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Lake
  • Gilbert ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Gilbert is located in Esmeralda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
  • Montezuma Wells
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Montezuma Wells is located in Esmeralda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma Wells
  • Silver Peak
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Silver Peak is located in Esmeralda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Peak

How Far From McLeans 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 McLeans to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McLeans and extending to:

  • Goldfield, which is the Seat of Esmeralda County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from McLeans to Goldfield, with an average speed<3> 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 over a day.
  • Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 137 miles [220.5 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 2,178 miles [3,505.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 124 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,301 miles [11,749.8 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 8,070 miles [12,987.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,079 miles [9,783.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that McLeans could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McLeans) 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 McLeans 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 McLeans. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0477, Longitude: -117.6520       In this case, the coordinates for McLeans have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.264 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.437 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.277 degrees.