Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Castle Hot Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Castle Hot Springs and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Castle Hot Springs
- 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 Castle Hot Springs:
- 33.983366, -112.360445
- 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 Castle Hot Springs
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Yavapai County
- Since Castle Hot Springs is near Maricopa County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Maricopa 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
Communities Also Named Castle Hot Springs ...
We found one communities that share the name Castle Hot Springs.
There is one other community in Arizona which is also named Castle Hot Springs.
Beyond Arizona.
- Communities Located In Arizona ...
- Maricopa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Castle Hot Springs [Maricopa County].
- Maricopa County
Curious and Interesting Names Near Castle Hot Springs ...
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.
- Anthem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthem
- Anthem is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anthem <2>
- Big Reef Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Reef Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Reef Mill
- Big Reef Mill is located in Yavapai County
- Chilean Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chilean Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilean Mill
- Chilean Mill is located in Yavapai County
- Constellation ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Constellation have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constellation
- Constellation is located in Yavapai County
- Humbug ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbug
- Humbug is located in Yavapai County
- Minnehaha ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Minnehaha Flats ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Minnehaha Flats. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha Flats
- Minnehaha Flats is located in Yavapai County
- Packer ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Rock Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rock Springs is located in Yavapai County
- Tip Top ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tip Top
- Tip Top is located in Yavapai County
- Wranglers Roost
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wranglers Roost have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wranglers Roost
- Wranglers Roost is located in Maricopa County
How Far From Castle Hot Springs 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 Castle Hot Springs 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<5> community of Castle Hot Springs once stood, the straight-line distance<6> beginning in Castle Hot Springs and extending to:
- Prescott, which is the Seat of Yavapai County, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<6> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Castle Hot Springs to Prescott, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over 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.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 40 miles [64.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,978 miles [3,183.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 113 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,423 miles [11,946.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,188 miles [13,177.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,131 miles [9,866.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Yavapai County: www.co.yavapai.az.us/
The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Castle Hot Springs could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Castle Hot Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Castle Hot Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Castle Hot Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9834, Longitude: -112.3604 In this case, the coordinates for Castle Hot Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Castle Hot Springs to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.466 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.351 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.324 degrees. |