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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 Chrysotile, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chrysotile 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 Chrysotile:
- 33.740329, -110.566774
- 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 Chrysotile
- 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 Gila County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gila County
- Since Chrysotile is near Navajo County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Navajo 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 Chrysotile
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chrysotile ...
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.
- Cedar Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Creek is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Cedar Creek Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Copper Hill ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Copper Hill is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hill
- Dagger
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dagger is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dagger
- Grasshopper
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Grasshopper is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasshopper
- Radium
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Radium is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Rocky Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Junction is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Junction
- Sawmill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sawmill is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill
- Tucker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tucker is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Willow
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Willow is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
How Far From Chrysotile 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 community such as Chrysotile 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 Chrysotile once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chrysotile and extending to:
- Globe, which is the Seat of Gila County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Chrysotile to Globe, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 88 miles [141.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 1,888 miles [3,038.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 74 days and walking would take 108 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,387 miles [11,888.2 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 8,151 miles [13,117.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,081 miles [9,786.4 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 Chrysotile, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Chrysotile) 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 Chrysotile 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 Chrysotile. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7403, Longitude: -110.5668 In this case, the coordinates for Chrysotile have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.027 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.593 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.36 degrees. |
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