Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Stimler:
  • 37.798542, -117.705095
  • 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 Stimler

• 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 Esmeralda County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Esmeralda 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 Stimler

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stimler ...

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.

• Alkali
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Alkali is located in Esmeralda County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkali
• Alpine ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Alpine is located in Esmeralda County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
• Alum ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Alum is located in Esmeralda County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum
• Blair ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Blair is located in Esmeralda County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
• Coaldale ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Coaldale is located in Esmeralda County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
  • Coaldale has also been known as:
  • Coaldale Junction
• Coyote Hole
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Coyote Hole is located in Esmeralda County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Hole
• Fish Lake ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Fish Lake is located in Esmeralda County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Lake
• Montezuma
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Montezuma is located in Esmeralda County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
• Silver Peak
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Silver Peak is located in Esmeralda County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Peak

How Far From Stimler 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 Stimler 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 Stimler once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stimler and extending to:

• Goldfield, which is the Seat of Esmeralda County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Stimler to Goldfield, with an average speed<3> 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 146 miles [235 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 2,185 miles [3,516.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 86 days and walking would take 125 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,318 miles [11,777.2 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 8,087 miles [13,014.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,095 miles [9,809 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'