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 Escalante Crossing:
31.861197, -110.209797
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 Escalante Crossing
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 Cochise County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
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 Escalante Crossing
Communities Also Named Escalante Crossing ...
We found one communities that are also named Escalante Crossing.
Within Arizona, the name Escalante Crossing is unique.
Beyond Arizona, there is another community also named Escalante Crossing in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Utah
Uintah County
This Escalante Crossing is located in Uintah County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the north of the Escalante Crossing that is located in Cochise County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Uintah County community of Escalante Crossing.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Escalante Crossing ...
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.
Black Diamond ‑ Historic (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Escalante Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Escalante Crossing and extending to:
Bisbee, which is the Seat of Cochise County, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Escalante Crossing to Bisbee, with an average speed<3> 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 over a day.
Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 154 miles [247.8 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 9 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,918 miles [3,086.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 109 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,489 miles [12,052.4 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 8,250 miles [13,277.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,169 miles [9,928 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Escalante Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Escalante Crossing 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 Escalante Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8612, Longitude: -110.2098 In this case, the coordinates for Escalante Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.448 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.716 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.199 degrees.