Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Old Camp, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Camp and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Old Camp
- 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 Old Camp:
- 37.258263, -117.324796
- 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 Old 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 Esmeralda County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Esmeralda County
- Since Old Camp is near Nye County and also Inyo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Nye County
- eBird sighting report for Inyo 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
Communities Also Named Old Camp ...
We found two communities that share the name Old Camp.
Within Nevada, the name Old Camp is unique.
Beyond Nevada, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- This community is historichttp://www.waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat=37.258263&lon=-117.324796&t=6 and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Old Camp.
- Illinois
- Alaska
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old 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.
- Crater ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crater
- Crater is located in Inyo County (CA)
- Farmer Station
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmer Station have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer Station
- Farmer Station is located in Nye County
- Forks Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forks Station have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks Station
- Forks Station is located in Esmeralda County
- Gold Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
- Gold Point is located in Esmeralda County
- Former names for Gold Point:
- Hornsilver
- Lime Point
- Montezuma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north) - Pigeon Spring ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pigeon Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Spring
- Pigeon Spring is located in Esmeralda County
- Scottys Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottys Junction
- Scottys Junction is located in Nye County
How Far From Old 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 Old Camp to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Old Camp and extending to:
- Goldfield, which is the Seat of Esmeralda County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Old Camp to Goldfield, with an average speed<4> 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 187 miles [300.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,174 miles [3,498.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,344 miles [11,819 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,112 miles [13,055 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,114 miles [9,839.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Old Camp. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/
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 Old Camp 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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Camp) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Old Camp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2583, Longitude: -117.3248 In this case, the coordinates for Old Camp have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Old Camp to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.904 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.952 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.097 degrees. |