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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 Vegas Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vegas Heights 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 Vegas Heights:
- 36.199414, -115.156391
- 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 Vegas Heights
- 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Vegas Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vegas Heights ...
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.
- Bonanza
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bonanza is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Boulder Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Boulder Junction is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Junction
- Bracken ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bracken is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
- Hillegas ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hillegas is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillegas
- Jungletown ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jungletown is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jungletown
- Paradise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Paradise is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Spring Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
- Winterwood ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winterwood is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterwood
How Far From Vegas Heights 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 Vegas Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Vegas Heights and extending to:
- Las Vegas, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies just to the South.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Vegas Heights to Carson City, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,080 miles [3,347.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 82 days and walking would take 119 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,359 miles [11,843.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,127 miles [13,079.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,104 miles [9,823.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vegas Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Vegas Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vegas Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1994, Longitude: -115.1564 In this case, the coordinates for Vegas Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.009 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.597 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.854 degrees. |
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