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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 Dennison, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dennison and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Dennison:
    • 35.086683, -110.904862
    • 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 Dennison
  • 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 Coconino County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coconino County
    • Since Dennison 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 Dennison

Communities Also Named Dennison ...

We found nine communities that are also named Dennison.

Within Arizona, the name Dennison is unique.

Beyond Arizona, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Clark County
      • This Dennison is located in Clark County and lies 1,311 miles [2,109.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Dennison that is located in Coconino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Dennison.
      • Williamson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Dennison [Williamson County].
    • Kansas
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Dennison [Franklin County].
    • Louisiana
      • Iberia Parish
      • This Dennison is located in Iberia Parish and lies 1,163 miles [1,871.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Dennison that is located in Coconino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iberia Parish community of Dennison.
    • Michigan
      • Ottawa County
      • This Dennison is located in Ottawa County and lies 1,438 miles [2,314.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Dennison that is located in Coconino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Dennison.
    • Minnesota
      • Goodhue County
      • This Dennison is located in Goodhue County and lies 1,142 miles [1,837.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Dennison that is located in Coconino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goodhue County community of Dennison.
    • Montana
      • Lewis and Clark County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Dennison [Lewis and Clark County].
    • Nebraska
      • Boone County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Boone County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Dennison.
    • Ohio
      • Tuscarawas County
      • This Dennison is located in Tuscarawas County and lies 1,647 miles [2,650.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Dennison that is located in Coconino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Dennison.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dennison ...

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.

  • Lechee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lechee is located in Coconino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lechee
  • Meteor City
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Meteor City is located in Coconino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meteor City
  • Sunrise
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Sunrise is located in Coconino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
  • Sunset ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Sunset is located in Navajo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
  • Sunset City ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Sunset City is located in Navajo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset City
  • Sunshine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Sunshine is located in Coconino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
  • Two Guns ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Two Guns is located in Coconino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Guns
  • Wolf Crossing
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Wolf Crossing is located in Coconino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Crossing

How Far From Dennison 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 Dennison to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dennison and extending to:

  • Flagstaff, which is the Seat of Coconino County, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Dennison to Flagstaff, with an average speed<4> 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 131 miles [210.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,875 miles [3,017.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,316 miles [11,774 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,081 miles [13,005.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,020 miles [9,688.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Dennison) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Dennison 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.
<3>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 Dennison, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Dennison 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 Dennison. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0867, Longitude: -110.9049       In this case, the coordinates for Dennison have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.487 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.271 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.508 degrees.