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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 Big Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Big Park 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 Big Park:
- 34.780297, -111.762654
- 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 Big Park
- 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 Yavapai County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yavapai County
- Since Big Park is near Coconino County and also Gila County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coconino County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gila 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 Big Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Big Park ...
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.
- Cornville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Indian Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Indian Gardens is located in Coconino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Gardens
- Jordan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Oak Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Page Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Page Springs is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Springs
- Red Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Rock is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Sheeps Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sheeps Crossing is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheeps Crossing
- Smelter City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Smelter City is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter City
- Stoneman Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Stoneman Lake is located in Coconino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneman Lake
How Far From Big Park to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Big Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Big Park and extending to:
- Prescott, which is the Seat of Yavapai County, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Big Park to Prescott, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full 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.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 93 miles [149.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,928 miles [3,102.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 110 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,358 miles [11,841.6 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 8,124 miles [13,074.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,067 miles [9,763.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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- Big Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Big Park 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 Big Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7803, Longitude: -111.7627 In this case, the coordinates for Big Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.113 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.996 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.983 degrees. |
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