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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 Entro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Entro 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 Entro:
- 34.606968, -112.404057
- 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 Entro
- 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 Yavapai County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yavapai County
- Since Entro is near Coconino County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coconino 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 Entro
Curious and Interesting Names Near Entro ...
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.
- Breezy Pines
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Breezy Pines is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Pines
- Dewey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dewey - Humboldt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dewey - Humboldt is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey - Humboldt
- Estimated population in 2015: 3,988 people
- Diamond Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond Valley is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Valley
- Fort Whipple
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Whipple is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Whipple
- Granite Dells
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Granite Dells is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Dells
- Granite Siding
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Granite Siding is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Siding
- Granite Siding has also been known as:
- Granite
- Groom Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Groom Creek is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Creek
- Humboldt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Iron Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Juniper Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Juniper Heights is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Heights
- Mint
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mint is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mint
How Far From Entro 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 Entro to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Entro and extending to:
- Prescott, which is the Seat of Yavapai County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 82 miles [132 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Entro to Phoenix, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,966 miles [3,164 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 112 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,386 miles [11,886.6 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 8,152 miles [13,119.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,099 miles [9,815.4 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' (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- Entro) 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 Entro 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 Entro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6070, Longitude: -112.4041 In this case, the coordinates for Entro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.593 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.558 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.338 degrees. |
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