Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ophir City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ophir City and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ophir City
- 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 Ophir City:
- 39.292688, -119.826297
- 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 Ophir City
- 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 Washoe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Washoe County
- Since Ophir City is near Carson City and also Storey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Carson City
- eBird sighting report for Storey 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ophir City ...
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.
- American City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for American City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
- American City is located in Storey County
- American Flat ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for American Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Flat
- American Flat is located in Storey County
- Comstock ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Divide
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Empire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Five Mile House ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Mile House have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Mile House
- Five Mile House is located in Washoe County
- Franktown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franktown
- Franktown is located in Washoe County
- Galena ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Gold Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Jumbo ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Lakeview Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Summit
- Lakeview Summit is located in Carson City
- Lower Gold Hill ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Gold Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gold Hill
- Lower Gold Hill is located in Storey County
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- New Empire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Empire
- New Empire is located in Carson City
- Steamboat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Sundown Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sundown Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown Town
- Sundown Town is located in Washoe County
- Virginia City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
- Virginia City is located in Storey County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virginia City <3>
- New Empire
How Far From Ophir City 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 Ophir City 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<4> community of Ophir City once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Ophir City and extending to:
- Reno, which is the Seat of Washoe County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<5> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Ophir City to Reno, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies just to the south southeast (SSE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,271 miles [3,654.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 129 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,267 miles [11,695.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,035 miles [12,931.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,074 miles [9,775.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Washoe County: www.co.washoe.nv.us/
The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ophir City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Ophir City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ophir City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2927, Longitude: -119.8263 In this case, the coordinates for Ophir City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Ophir City to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.191 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.821 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.563 degrees. |