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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 Primeaux, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Primeaux 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 Primeaux:
- 40.64968, -116.302067
- 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 Primeaux
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eureka County
- Since Primeaux is near Elko County and also Lander County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elko County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lander 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 Primeaux
Curious and Interesting Names Near Primeaux ...
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.
- Coral Hill ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coral Hill is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Cottonwood ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cottonwood is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Crescent Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gerald ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gerald is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Goldville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Goldville is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Highland ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Elko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hilltop ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Hunter ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jenkins ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Leeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Leeville is located in Eureka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville
- Mill Gulch ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Gulch is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Gulch
- Mud Springs ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mud Springs is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Springs
How Far From Primeaux 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 Primeaux to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Primeaux and extending to:
- Eureka, which is the Seat of Eureka County, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could drive a straight line from Primeaux to Eureka, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 209 miles [336.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,069 miles [3,329.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 118 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,108 miles [11,439.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,876 miles [12,675.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,891 miles [9,480.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Primeaux) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Primeaux 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 Primeaux. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6497, Longitude: -116.3021 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.437 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.63 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.384 degrees. |
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