Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in White Caps, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Caps and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for White Caps
- 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 White Caps:
- 38.531045, -117.050081
- 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 White Caps
- 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 White Caps 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near White Caps ...
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.
- Carvers
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carvers
- Carvers is located in Nye County
- Central ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Flowers Camp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowers Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers Camp
- Flowers Camp is located in Nye County
- Indian Springs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Indian Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Indian Springs is located in Nye County
- Indian Springs has also been known as:
- Indian Spring
- Jett ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest) - Maggie Blues ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maggie Blues have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maggie Blues
- Maggie Blues is located in Nye County
- Monarch ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Round Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
- Round Mountain is located in Nye County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Round Mountain <3>
- Stone House ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone House have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone House
- Stone House is located in Nye County
How Far From White Caps 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 White Caps 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<4> community of White Caps once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in White Caps and extending to:
- Tonopah, which is the Seat of Nye County, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<5> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from White Caps to Tonopah, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 152 miles [244.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,138 miles [3,440.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 84 days and walking would take 122 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,257 miles [11,679 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,026 miles [12,916.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,033 miles [9,709.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
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> | 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. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 White Caps, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- White Caps) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in White Caps. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5310, Longitude: -117.0501 In this case, the coordinates for White Caps have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 White Caps to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.826 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.946 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.909 degrees. |