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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 Peavine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Peavine 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 Peavine:
    • 38.569511, -117.268888
    • 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 Peavine
  • 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 Peavine is near White Pine County and also Esmeralda County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for White Pine 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 Peavine

Communities Also Named Peavine ...

We found five communities that are also named Peavine.

There is one other community in Nevada that is also named Peavine.

Beyond Nevada, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Nevada ...
    • Washoe 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 Nevada community of Peavine [Washoe County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Peavine lies 1,077 miles [1,733.3 km]<2> to the north of the Peavine that is located in Nye County.
    • California
      • Sierra County
      • This Peavine is located in Sierra County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Peavine that is located in Nye County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sierra County community of Peavine.
    • Oklahoma
      • Adair County
      • This Peavine is located in Adair County and lies 1,255 miles [2,019.7 km]<2> to the east of the Peavine that is located in Nye County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adair County community of Peavine.
    • Tennessee
      • Cumberland County
      • This Peavine is located in Cumberland County and lies 1,777 miles [2,859.8 km]<2> to the east of the Peavine that is located in Nye County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Peavine.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Peavine ...

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.

How Far From Peavine to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Peavine 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 Peavine once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Peavine and extending to:

  • Tonopah, which is the Seat of Nye County, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Peavine to Tonopah, with an average speed<5> 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 about two full days.
  • Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 140 miles [225.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 2,149 miles [3,458.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 84 days and walking would take 123 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,260 miles [11,683.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,029 miles [12,921.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,038 miles [9,717.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>'

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Peavine 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Peavine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Peavine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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.
<6>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 Peavine 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 Peavine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5695, Longitude: -117.2689       In this case, the coordinates for Peavine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.009 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.167 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.038 degrees.