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 Achi:
32.344511, -112.014858
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.
We found six communities that are also named Achi.
Within Arizona, the name Achi is unique.
Beyond Arizona.
While we haven't found any other communities named Achi in either the United States or Canada, we know of six communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
Communities Beyond North America ...
China
Distance: 7,907 miles [12,725.1 km]<1> to the northwest
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.
Allen ‑ Historic (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
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 Achi to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Achi and extending to:
Tucson, which is the Seat of Pima County, lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Achi to Tucson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the north (N). 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 2,001 miles [3,220.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 79 days and walking would take 114 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,512 miles [12,089.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,276 miles [13,318.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,208 miles [9,990.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 from Point A (ie- Achi) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Achi 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 Achi. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3445, Longitude: -112.0149 In this case, the coordinates for Achi have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.935 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.562 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.148 degrees.