RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Nevada >> Nye County >> Orizaba >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Orizaba, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Orizaba 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 Orizaba:
    • 38.511871, -117.618437
    • 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 Orizaba
  • 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 Nye County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nye County
    • Since Orizaba is near Mineral County and also Esmeralda County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mineral County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Esmeralda 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 Orizaba

Communities Also Named Orizaba ...

We found two communities that are also named Orizaba.

Within Nevada, the name Orizaba is unique.

Beyond Nevada, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Pinal 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 Arizona community of Orizaba [Pinal County].
    • Mississippi
      • Tippah 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 Mississippi community of Orizaba [Tippah County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Orizaba ...

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.

  • Berlin ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Berlin is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
  • Cloverdale ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cloverdale is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Gilbert ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Gilbert is located in Esmeralda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
  • Golden ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Golden is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
  • Grantsville ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Grantsville is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsville
  • Indian Springs ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Indian Springs is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
    • Indian Springs has also been known as:
    • Indian Spring
  • Jett ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jett is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jett
  • Liberty ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Liberty is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Montezuma Wells
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Montezuma Wells is located in Esmeralda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma Wells
  • Union ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Union is located in Nye County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

How Far From Orizaba 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 Orizaba 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<2> community of Orizaba once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Orizaba and extending to:

  • Tonopah, which is the Seat of Nye County, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Orizaba to Tonopah, with an average speed<4> 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 124 miles [199.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,168 miles [3,489.1 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 7,271 miles [11,701.5 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 8,040 miles [12,939.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,052 miles [9,739.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Orizaba 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>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 Orizaba, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Orizaba) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Orizaba 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 Orizaba. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5119, Longitude: -117.6184       In this case, the coordinates for Orizaba have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.289 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.497 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.248 degrees.