Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pinto, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pinto and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pinto
- 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 Pinto:
- 39.421318, -115.920054
- 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 Pinto
- 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 Eureka County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Eureka County
- Since Pinto is near White Pine County and also Nye County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for White Pine County
- eBird sighting report for Nye 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 Pinto ...
We found eight communities that share the name Pinto.
There are two communities within Nevada that are also named Pinto.
Beyond Nevada, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Nevada ...
- Nye County
- White Pine County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- Texas
- Kinney County
- This Pinto is located in Kinney County and lies 1,117 miles [1,797.6 km]<2> to the southeast of the Pinto that is located in Eureka County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kinney County community of Pinto.
- Presidio County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Presidio County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Presidio County community of Pinto.
- Utah
- Iron County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Pinto [Iron County].
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Pinto [Washington County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pinto ...
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.
- Bull Fork ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Diamond City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- Diamond City is located in Eureka County
- Eureka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Eureka is located in Eureka County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eureka <5>
- Greenville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in White Pine County
- Prospect ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Ruby Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Hill
- Ruby Hill is located in Eureka County
- Strawberry ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Strawberry is located in White Pine County
- Treasure City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure City
- Treasure City is located in White Pine County
- Treasure City has also been known as:
- Treasure Hill
How Far From Pinto 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 Pinto 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 community of Pinto once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Pinto and extending to:
- Eureka, which is the Seat of Eureka County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Pinto to Carson City, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,065 miles [3,323.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 118 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,176 miles [11,548.7 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 7,945 miles [12,786.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,948 miles [9,572.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Eureka County: www.co.eureka.nv.us/
The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Pinto, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pinto) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pinto. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4213, Longitude: -115.9201 In this case, the coordinates for Pinto have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Pinto 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Pinto 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 335.004 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.028 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.209 degrees. |