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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 Yerington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yerington 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 Yerington:
- 38.988985, -119.163241
- 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 Yerington
- 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 Lyon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lyon County
- Since Yerington is near Douglas County and also Mineral County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mineral 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 Yerington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yerington ...
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.
- Copper Run ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Granite ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Granite is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Greenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Greenville is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Ludwig ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ludwig is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludwig
- Mason
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mason is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Mountain View ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mountain View is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Reservation ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Reservation is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservation
- Weed Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Weed Heights is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Heights
How Far From Yerington 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 city such as Yerington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Yerington and extending to:
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Yerington to Carson City, with an average speed<2> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,241 miles [3,606.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 128 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,273 miles [11,704.8 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 8,041 miles [12,940.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,072 miles [9,771.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Yerington) 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 Yerington 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 Yerington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9890, Longitude: -119.1632 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.61 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.109 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.166 degrees. |
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