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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 San Pedros, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Pedros 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 San Pedros:
- 38.664655, -116.924246
- 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 San Pedros
- 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 San Pedros is near White Pine County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for San Pedros
Curious and Interesting Names Near San Pedros ...
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.
- Carvers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carvers is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carvers
- Central ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Central is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Flowers Camp
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Flowers Camp is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers Camp
- Jett ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jett is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jett
- Monarch ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Monarch is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
- Pine Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Creek is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Pioneer ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Round Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stone House ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stone House is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone House
How Far From San Pedros 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 Pedros to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in San Pedros and extending to:
- Tonopah, which is the Seat of Nye County, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from San Pedros to Tonopah, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 156 miles [251.1 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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,129 miles [3,426.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 84 days and walking would take 121 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,246 miles [11,661.3 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 8,015 miles [12,898.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,022 miles [9,691.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- San Pedros) 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 San Pedros 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 San Pedros. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6647, Longitude: -116.9242 In this case, the coordinates for San Pedros have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.738 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.85 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.831 degrees. |
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