Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in San Antonio, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Antonio and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for San Antonio
- 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 San Antonio:
- 38.461043, -117.293701
- 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 San Antonio
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Nye County
- Since San Antonio is near Esmeralda County and also White Pine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Esmeralda County
- eBird sighting report for White Pine 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 San Antonio ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name San Antonio.
Within Nevada, the name San Antonio is unique.
Beyond Nevada, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Alameda County
- This San Antonio is located in Alameda County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<1> to the west of the San Antonio that is located in Nye County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alameda County community of San Antonio.
- Los Angeles County
- This San Antonio is located in Los Angeles County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km] to the south of the San Antonio that is located in Nye County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of San Antonio.
- Marin County
- This San Antonio is located in Marin County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km] to the west of the San Antonio that is located in Nye County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marin County community of San Antonio.
- San Bernardino 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 California community of San Antonio [San Bernardino County].
- Santa Clara County
- This San Antonio is located in Santa Clara County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km] to the west southwest of the San Antonio that is located in Nye County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Clara County community of San Antonio.
- Colorado
- Conejos County
- This San Antonio is located in Conejos County and lies 622 miles [1,001 km]<1> to the east of the San Antonio that is located in Nye County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conejos County community of San Antonio.
- Florida
- Pasco County
- This San Antonio is located in Pasco County and lies 2,121 miles [3,413.4 km]<1> to the east of the San Antonio that is located in Nye County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pasco County community of San Antonio.
- Kansas
- Ellis 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 Kansas community of San Antonio [Ellis County].
- Missouri
- Buchanan County
- This San Antonio is located in Buchanan County and lies 1,211 miles [1,948.9 km]<1> to the east of the San Antonio that is located in Nye County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of San Antonio.
- New Mexico
- Bernalillo County
- This San Antonio is located in Bernalillo County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the San Antonio that is located in Nye County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bernalillo County community of San Antonio.
- Rio Arriba County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of San Antonio [Rio Arriba County].
- San Miguel County
- This San Antonio is located in San Miguel County and lies 691 miles [1,112.1 km] to the east southeast of the San Antonio that is located in Nye County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Miguel County community of San Antonio.
- Socorro County
- This San Antonio is located in Socorro County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km] to the east southeast of the San Antonio that is located in Nye County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Socorro County community of San Antonio.
- Texas
- Bexar County
- This San Antonio is located in Bexar County and lies 1,240 miles [1,995.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the San Antonio that is located in Nye County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bexar County community of San Antonio.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near San Antonio ...
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.
- Central ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Cloverdale ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverdale is located in Nye County
- Golden ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Indian Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Indian Springs is located in Nye County
- Indian Springs has also been known as:
- Indian Spring
- Jett ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north) - Liberty ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Maggie Blues ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maggie Blues have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maggie Blues
- Maggie Blues is located in Nye County
- Monarch ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - Montezuma Wells
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montezuma Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma Wells
- Montezuma Wells is located in Esmeralda County
- Round Mountain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
- Round Mountain is located in Nye County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Round Mountain <5>
How Far From San Antonio 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 San Antonio 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 San Antonio once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in San Antonio and extending to:
- Tonopah, which is the Seat of Nye County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from San Antonio to Tonopah, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 2,152 miles [3,463.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 84 days and walking would take 123 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,267 miles [11,695.1 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 8,036 miles [12,932.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,045 miles [9,728.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Nye County: www.co.nye.nv.us/
The official website for State of Nevada: 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- San Antonio) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in San Antonio. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4610, Longitude: -117.2937 In this case, the coordinates for San Antonio 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 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 San Antonio 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> | 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 San Antonio, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 San Antonio 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 336.017 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.169 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.055 degrees. |