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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 Sutro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sutro 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 Sutro:
    • 39.273402, -119.579697
    • 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 Sutro
  • 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 Sutro ...

We found one communities that share the name Sutro.

Within Nevada, the name Sutro is unique.

Beyond Nevada, there is another community also named Sutro in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Utah
      • Utah County
      • This Sutro is located in Utah County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the east of the Sutro that is located in Lyon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Utah County community of Sutro.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sutro ...

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.

  • American City ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for American City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
    • American City is located in Storey County
  • American Flat ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Comstock ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comstock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
    • Comstock is located in Storey County
  • Divide
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Divide have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
    • Divide is located in Storey County
  • Eureka ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Flowery City ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowery City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowery City
    • Flowery City is located in Storey County
  • Gold Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gold Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
    • Gold Hill is located in Storey County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Gold Hill
    • From Sutro to Gold Hill
  • Johntown ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Johntown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johntown
    • Johntown is located in Lyon County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Johntown
    • From Sutro to Johntown
  • Lower Gold Hill ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Gold Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gold Hill
    • Lower Gold Hill is located in Storey County
  • Mound House
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Silver City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Twin Flat
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Flat
    • Twin Flat is located in Lyon County
  • Virginia City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)

How Far From Sutro 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 Sutro 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<5> community of Sutro once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Sutro and extending to:

  • Yerington, which is the Seat of Lyon County, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sutro to Yerington, 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 11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,258 miles [3,633.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 129 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,263 miles [11,688.7 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 8,031 miles [12,924.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,068 miles [9,765.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>

The official website for Lyon County: www.lyon-county.org/

The official website for State of Nevada: https://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 from Point A (ie- Sutro) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sutro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2734, Longitude: -119.5797    
<2>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.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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 Sutro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Sutro 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 337.984 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.573 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.413 degrees.




 

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