Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Tamerlane:
  • 39.186885, -114.765570
  • 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 Tamerlane

• 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 White Pine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • 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 Tamerlane

Communities Also Named Tamerlane ...

We found one communities that are also named Tamerlane.

Within Nevada, the name Tamerlane is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Georgia
    • Fayette County
    • This Tamerlane is located in Fayette County and lies 1,721 miles [2,769.7 km]<1> to the east of the Tamerlane that is located in White Pine County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Tamerlane.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tamerlane ...

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.

• Adverse ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Adverse is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adverse
• Cooper ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cooper is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
• Copper Flat
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Copper Flat is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Flat
• Keystone
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Keystone is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
• Keystone Junction
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Keystone Junction is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Junction
• Lane City ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lane City is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane City
  • Former name for Lane City:
  • Mineral City
• Majors Place
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Majors Place is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majors Place
• Steptoe
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Steptoe is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steptoe
• Sunshine Camp ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunshine Camp is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Camp
• Veteran ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Veteran is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veteran

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

• Ely, which is the Seat of White Pine County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Tamerlane to Carson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,008 miles [3,231.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 79 days and walking would take 114 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,164 miles [11,529.3 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 7,933 miles [12,766.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,925 miles [9,535.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'