Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ravenswood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ravenswood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ravenswood
- 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 Ravenswood:
- 39.781031, -117.263156
- 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 Ravenswood
- 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 Lander County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lander County
- Since Ravenswood is near Churchill County and also Pershing County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Churchill County
- eBird sighting report for Pershing 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 Ravenswood ...
We found eight communities that share the name Ravenswood.
Within Nevada, the name Ravenswood is unique.
Beyond Nevada, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Mateo County
- This Ravenswood is located in San Mateo County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Ravenswood that is located in Lander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Mateo County community of Ravenswood.
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Ravenswood is located in Cook County and lies 1,544 miles [2,484.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ravenswood that is located in Lander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Ravenswood.
- Indiana
- Marion County
- This Ravenswood is located in Marion County and lies 1,642 miles [2,642.5 km]<1> to the east of the Ravenswood that is located in Lander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Ravenswood.
- Louisiana
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- This Ravenswood is located in Pointe Coupee Parish and lies 1,566 miles [2,520.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Ravenswood that is located in Lander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pointe Coupee Parish community of Ravenswood.
- Michigan
- Ingham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ravenswood [Ingham County].
- North Carolina
- Jones County
- This Ravenswood is located in Jones County and lies 2,202 miles [3,543.8 km]<1> to the east of the Ravenswood that is located in Lander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Ravenswood.
- Ontario
- This Ravenswood lies 1,827 miles [2,940.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ravenswood that is located in Lander County.
- West Virginia
- Jackson County
- This Ravenswood is located in Jackson County and lies 1,883 miles [3,030.4 km]<1> to the east of the Ravenswood that is located in Lander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Ravenswood.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ravenswood ...
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.
- Geneva ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Grass Valley ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grass Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Valley
- Grass Valley is located in Lander County
- Jacobsville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsville
- Jacobsville is located in Lander County
- Yankee Blade ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Yankee Blade. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Blade
- Yankee Blade is located in Lander County
How Far From Ravenswood 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 Ravenswood 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<5> community of Ravenswood once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Ravenswood and extending to:
- Battle Mountain, which is the Seat of Lander County, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ravenswood to Battle Mountain, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 139 miles [223.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 2,130 miles [3,427.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 84 days and walking would take 121 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,183 miles [11,559.9 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 7,952 miles [12,797.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,969 miles [9,606.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Nevada: https://nv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ravenswood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ravenswood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7810, Longitude: -117.2632 In this case, the coordinates for Ravenswood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Ravenswood 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Ravenswood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Ravenswood 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 336.132 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.396 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.998 degrees. |