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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 Woodruffs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodruffs 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 Woodruffs:
- 38.918536, -118.196237
- 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 Woodruffs
- 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 Mineral County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mineral County
- Since Woodruffs is near Nye County and also Churchill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nye County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Churchill 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 Woodruffs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodruffs ...
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.
- Basic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Basic is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basic
- Copperfield ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Copperfield is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
- Eagleville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eagleville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Gabbs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Green Springs ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Green Springs is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Nevada Hills ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Nevada Hills is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada Hills
- Phonolite ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Phonolite is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phonolite
- Quartz Mountain ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Quartz Mountain is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartz Mountain
- Rawhide ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rawhide is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
How Far From Woodruffs 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 Woodruffs 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<2> community of Woodruffs once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Woodruffs and extending to:
- Hawthorne, which is the Seat of Mineral County, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Woodruffs to Hawthorne, with an average speed<4> 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 about two full days.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 85 miles [136.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,192 miles [3,527.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 86 days and walking would take 125 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,258 miles [11,680.6 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 8,026 miles [12,916.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,047 miles [9,731.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Woodruffs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woodruffs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Woodruffs 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 Woodruffs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9185, Longitude: -118.1962 In this case, the coordinates for Woodruffs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.806 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.143 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.584 degrees. |
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