Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Montelle:
  • 38.587142, -118.850419
  • 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 Montelle

• 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:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mineral County
  • Since Montelle is near Lyon County and also Mono County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lyon County
  • Open the 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:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Montelle

Curious and Interesting Names Near Montelle ...

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
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Aurora is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
• Copper Hill ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Copper Hill is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hill
  • Copper Hill has also been known as:
  • Copperhill
• Copper Run ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Copper Run is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Run
• Dutch Creek ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Dutch Creek is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Creek
• Elbow Stage Station ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Elbow Stage Station is located in Lyon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbow Stage Station
• Esmeralda ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Esmeralda is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmeralda
• Lower Town
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lower Town is located in Mono County (CA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Town
• Lucky Boy ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lucky Boy is located in Mineral County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Boy
• Masonic ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Masonic is located in Mono County (CA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonic
• Sulfur
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Sulfur is located in Lyon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulfur
• Sweetwater ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Sweetwater is located in Lyon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater

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

• Hawthorne, which is the Seat of Mineral County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Montelle to Hawthorne, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 63 miles [101.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,231 miles [3,590.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 127 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,292 miles [11,735.3 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 8,061 miles [12,972.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,085 miles [9,792.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'