Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pinyon Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pinyon Hills and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pinyon Hills
- 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 Pinyon Hills:
- 39.150188, -119.700734
- 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 Pinyon Hills
- 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 Carson City as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Carson City
- Since Pinyon Hills is near Lyon County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lyon County
- eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Pinyon Hills ...
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 north)- 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 north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for American Flat. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Flat
- American Flat is located in Storey County
- Bridge House ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridge House have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridge House
- Bridge House is located in Douglas County
- Comstock ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Empire
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Eureka ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Eureka is located in Lyon County
- Fiddlers Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fiddlers Green have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlers Green
- Fiddlers Green is located in Carson City
- Gold Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Indian Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Indian Hills is located in Douglas County
- Johntown ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Jumbo ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Lakeview Summit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- 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
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- Lower Gold Hill ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- 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
- Mound House
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound House
- Mound House is located in Lyon County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mound House <3>
- New Empire
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Empire
- New Empire is located in Carson City
- Silver City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Silver City is located in Lyon County
- Twin Flat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lower Gold Hill ‑ Historic
How Far From Pinyon Hills 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 Pinyon Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Pinyon Hills and extending to:
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies just to the west northwest (WNW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,267 miles [3,648.4 km]<4> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Pinyon Hills to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 5 days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 129 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 89 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,274 miles [11,706.4 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 8,042 miles [12,942.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,078 miles [9,781.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pinyon Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Nevada: https://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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Pinyon Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pinyon Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1502, Longitude: -119.7007 In this case, the coordinates for Pinyon Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Pinyon Hills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.072 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.67 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.489 degrees. |