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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 Victory Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Victory Village 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 Victory Village:
- 36.037199, -114.976103
- 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 Victory Village
- 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
- Since Victory Village is near Mohave County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mohave 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 Victory Village
Communities Also Named Victory Village ...
We found two communities that are also named Victory Village.
Within Nevada, the name Victory Village is unique.
Beyond Nevada, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Orange County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Victory Village [Orange County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Victory Village is located in Salt Lake County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Victory Village that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Victory Village.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Victory Village ...
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.
- Bard ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bard is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Bonanza
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bonanza is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Boulder City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boulder Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Boulder Junction is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Junction
- Bracken ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bracken is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
- Enterprise
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Hillegas ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hillegas is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillegas
- Junction City ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Junction City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Mountain's Edge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mountain's Edge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain's Edge
- Paradise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Spring Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Vegas Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vegas Heights is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vegas Heights
- Winterwood ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Winterwood is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterwood
How Far From Victory Village 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 Victory Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Victory Village and extending to:
- Las Vegas, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Victory Village to Las Vegas, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 339 miles [545.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,073 miles [3,336.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 118 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,365 miles [11,852.8 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 8,133 miles [13,088.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,107 miles [9,828.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Victory Village could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Victory Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Victory Village 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 Victory Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0372, Longitude: -114.9761 In this case, the coordinates for Victory Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.842 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.384 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.754 degrees. |
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