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.
- 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:
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Tamerlane ...
We found one communities that share the name 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 ...
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) - Cooper ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Copper Flat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Flat
- Copper Flat is located in White Pine County
- Keystone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Keystone Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keystone Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Junction
- Keystone Junction is located in White Pine County
- Lane City ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane City
- Lane City is located in White Pine County
- Former name for Lane City:
- Mineral City
- Majors Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majors Place
- Majors Place is located in White Pine County
- Steptoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Sunshine Camp ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunshine Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Camp
- Sunshine Camp is located in White Pine County
- Veteran ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
How Far From Tamerlane to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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<3> 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<4>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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,925 miles [9,535.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for White Pine County: www.co.white-pine.nv.us/
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tamerlane) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tamerlane. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1869, Longitude: -114.7656 In this case, the coordinates for Tamerlane have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | 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 Tamerlane, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Tamerlane to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.049 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.874 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.538 degrees. |