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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 Dehorn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dehorn 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 Dehorn:
- 33.526998, -110.179541
- 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 Dehorn
- 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 Dehorn is near Navajo County and also Graham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Navajo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Graham 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 Dehorn
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dehorn ...
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 north)
- Cedar Creek is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Cedar Creek Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cutter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cutter is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutter
- Rocky Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Junction is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Junction
- Sawmill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sawmill is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill
- Sevenmile
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sevenmile is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevenmile
- Tucker
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tucker is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
How Far From Dehorn 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 Dehorn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Dehorn and extending to:
- Globe, which is the Seat of Gila County, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dehorn to Globe, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 109 miles [175.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,872 miles [3,012.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 74 days and walking would take 107 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,389 miles [11,891.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
- 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).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,078 miles [9,781.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dehorn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Dehorn 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 Dehorn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5270, Longitude: -110.1795 In this case, the coordinates for Dehorn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.694 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.173 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.159 degrees. |
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