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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 Flower Pot, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flower Pot 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 Flower Pot:
- 34.503360, -111.970710
- 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 Flower Pot
- 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 Flower Pot is near Gila County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gila 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 Flower Pot
Curious and Interesting Names Near Flower Pot ...
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.
- Arnold Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arnold Place is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Place
- Big Bug ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Big Bug is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bug
- Cherry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Clear Creek is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Cornville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dewey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dewey - Humboldt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dewey - Humboldt is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey - Humboldt
- Estimated population in 2015: 3,988 people
- Humboldt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jordan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jordan is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Sheeps Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sheeps Crossing is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheeps Crossing
- Smelter City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Smelter City is located in Yavapai County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter City
- Spring Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Flower Pot to ...
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 Flower Pot to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Flower Pot and extending to:
- Prescott, which is the Seat of Yavapai County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Flower Pot to Prescott, 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 72 miles [115.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,945 miles [3,130.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 111 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,380 miles [11,877 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 8,146 miles [13,109.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,089 miles [9,799.3 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- Flower Pot) 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 Flower Pot 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 Flower Pot. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5034, Longitude: -111.9707 In this case, the coordinates for Flower Pot have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.237 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.12 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.103 degrees. |
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