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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 Chiapuk, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chiapuk 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 Chiapuk:
- 32.535657, -112.134763
- 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 Chiapuk
- 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 Pinal County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pinal County
- Since Chiapuk is near Maricopa County and also Pima County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Maricopa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pima 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 Chiapuk
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chiapuk ...
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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Big Horn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Horn is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Horn
- Freeman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Jackrabbit House
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jackrabbit House is located in Pinal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackrabbit House
- Kaka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Peters Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Peters Corner is located in Pinal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Corner
How Far From Chiapuk 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 Chiapuk 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<1> community of Chiapuk once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chiapuk and extending to:
- Florence, which is the Seat of Pinal County, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Chiapuk to Florence, 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 over two days.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 63 miles [101.4 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,003 miles [3,223.5 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 7,504 miles [12,076.5 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 8,268 miles [13,306.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,202 miles [9,981.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Chiapuk, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chiapuk) 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 Chiapuk 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 Chiapuk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5357, Longitude: -112.1348 In this case, the coordinates for Chiapuk have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.061 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.732 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.212 degrees. |
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