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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 Eagar, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eagar 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 Eagar:
- 34.110940, -109.291564
- 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 Eagar
- 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 Apache County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Apache County
- Since Eagar is near Greenlee County and also Catron County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenlee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Catron 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 Eagar
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eagar ...
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.
- Alpine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Boneyard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Boneyard is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boneyard
- Green Spot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Green Spot is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spot
- Gribble Place
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gribble Place is located in Catron County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gribble Place
- Red Hill ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Red Hill is located in Catron County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Richville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Richville is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Rosebud
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rosebud is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Springerville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sprucedale ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Spur Lake ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Spur Lake is located in Catron County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spur Lake
- Three Forks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Three Forks is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
How Far From Eagar 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 town such as Eagar to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Eagar and extending to:
- Saint Johns, which is the Seat of Apache County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Eagar to Saint Johns, 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 165 miles [265.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,810 miles [2,912.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 103 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,328 miles [11,793.3 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 8,090 miles [13,019.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,015 miles [9,680.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Eagar) 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 Eagar 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 Eagar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1109, Longitude: -109.2916 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.099 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.515 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.673 degrees. |
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