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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 El Tule, we use the following websites to find information relevant to El Tule 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 El Tule:
- 34.379762, -109.397319
- 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 El Tule
- 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 El Tule 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 El Tule
Curious and Interesting Names Near El Tule ...
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.
- Bell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bell is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Eagar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Green Spot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Green Spot is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spot
- Heap Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Heap Place is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heap Place
- Hunt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hunt is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Richville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Richville is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Rosebud
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rosebud is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Springerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
How Far From El Tule to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as El Tule to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in El Tule and extending to:
- Saint Johns, which is the Seat of Apache County, lies just to the North.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from El Tule to Phoenix, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 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 7,315 miles [11,772.4 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 8,078 miles [13,000.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,004 miles [9,662.5 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- El Tule) 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 El Tule 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 El Tule. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3798, Longitude: -109.3973 In this case, the coordinates for El Tule have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.22 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.686 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.721 degrees. |
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