Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Upper Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Upper Town and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Upper Town
- 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 Upper Town:
- 38.521044, -116.363392
- 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 Upper Town
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Nye County
- Since Upper Town is near White Pine County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- 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 Upper Town ...
We found one communities that share the name Upper Town.
Within Nevada, the name Upper Town is unique.
Beyond Nevada, there is another community also named Upper Town in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Mono County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Upper Town [Mono County].
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Upper Town ...
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.
- Antelope ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Danville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Helena ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Keystone ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Longstreet ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longstreet have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longstreet
- Longstreet is located in Nye County
- Lower Town ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Town
- Lower Town is located in Nye County
- Monarch ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Stone House ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone House have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone House
- Stone House is located in Nye County
- Warm Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
- Warm Springs is located in Nye County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warm Springs <3>
How Far From Upper Town 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 Upper Town 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 community of Upper Town once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Upper Town and extending to:
- Tonopah, which is the Seat of Nye County, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<4> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Upper Town to Tonopah, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 188 miles [302.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,102 miles [3,382.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 120 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,243 miles [11,656.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,011 miles [12,892.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,012 miles [9,675.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Nye County: www.co.nye.nv.us/
The official website for State of Nevada: https://nv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Upper Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Upper Town) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Upper Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5210, Longitude: -116.3634 In this case, the coordinates for Upper Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Upper Town to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.266 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.276 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.503 degrees. |