Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in San Jacinto, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Jacinto and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for San Jacinto
- 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 Jacinto:
- 41.873085, -114.690641
- 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 Jacinto
- 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 Elko County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Elko County
- Since San Jacinto is near Twin Falls County and also Owyhee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Twin Falls County
- eBird sighting report for Owyhee 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 Jacinto ...
We found six communities that share the name San Jacinto.
Within Nevada, the name San Jacinto is unique.
Beyond Nevada, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Riverside County
- This San Jacinto is located in Riverside County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the San Jacinto that is located in Elko County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of San Jacinto.
- San Diego 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 Jacinto [San Diego County].
- Indiana
- Jennings County
- This San Jacinto is located in Jennings County and lies 1,540 miles [2,478.4 km]<1> to the east of the San Jacinto that is located in Elko County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jennings County community of San Jacinto.
- Texas
- Harris 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 Texas community of San Jacinto [Harris County].
- Potter County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of San Jacinto [Potter County].
- Walker County
- This San Jacinto is located in Walker County and lies 1,306 miles [2,101.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the San Jacinto that is located in Elko County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of San Jacinto.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near San Jacinto ...
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.
- Contact ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contact
- Contact is located in Elko County
- Greys Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greys Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greys Landing
- Greys Landing is located in Twin Falls County (ID)
- Henry ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Jackpot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackpot
- Jackpot is located in Elko County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackpot <4>
- Meteor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Player Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Player Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Player Place
- Player Place is located in Twin Falls County (ID)
- Riverside Park ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
- Riverside Park is located in Elko County
- Rock House Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock House Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock House Place
- Rock House Place is located in Twin Falls County (ID)
How Far From San Jacinto to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 Jacinto to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in San Jacinto and extending to:
- Elko, which is the Seat of Elko County, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could drive a straight line from San Jacinto to Elko, with an average speed<5>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 most of three days.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 324 miles [521.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,975 miles [3,178.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 113 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,996 miles [11,259 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 7,764 miles [12,494.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,773 miles [9,290.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for San Jacinto. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Elko County: www.elkocountynv.net/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- San Jacinto) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in San Jacinto. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8731, Longitude: -114.6906 In this case, the coordinates for San Jacinto 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 San Jacinto 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 San Jacinto 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 334.25 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.318 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.346 degrees. |