Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Roses Well, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Roses Well and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Roses Well

• 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 Roses Well:
  • 36.695229, -116.587553
  • 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 Roses Well

• 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 Roses Well is near Inyo County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Inyo 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 Roses Well

Curious and Interesting Names Near Roses Well ...

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.

• Bullfrog ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Bullfrog is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullfrog
• Chloride City ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Chloride City is located in Inyo County (CA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloride City
• Fluorine ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Fluorine is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fluorine
• Furnace Creek
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Furnace Creek is located in Inyo County (CA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Creek
  • Furnace Creek has also been known as:
  • Furnace Creek Ranch
• Gold Bar ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Gold Bar is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Bar
• Gold Center ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Gold Center is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Center
• Harmony Borax Works ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Harmony Borax Works is located in Inyo County (CA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Borax Works
  • Former name for Harmony Borax Works:
  • Greenland
• Hot Springs
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Hot Springs is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
• Indian Village
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Indian Village is located in Inyo County (CA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
• Original ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Original is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Original

How Far From Roses Well 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 Roses Well 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<1> community of Roses Well once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Roses Well and extending to:

• Tonopah, which is the Seat of Nye County, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could drive a straight line from Roses Well to Tonopah, 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
• Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 243 miles [391.1 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,146 miles [3,453.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 84 days and walking would take 122 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,362 miles [11,848 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 8,131 miles [13,085.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,122 miles [9,852.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'