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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 Fort McDonald, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort McDonald 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 Fort McDonald:
- 34.235035, -111.348192
- 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 Fort McDonald
- 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 Gila County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gila County
- Since Fort McDonald is near Coconino County and also Yavapai County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coconino County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yavapai 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 Fort McDonald
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort McDonald ...
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.
- Deer Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Deer Creek is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Flowing Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Flowing Springs is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Springs
- Jakes Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jakes Corner is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jakes Corner
- Star Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Star Valley is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,327 people
- Star Valley has also been known as:
- Diamond Star
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Star Valley <1>
- Strawberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sun Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sun Valley is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Tonto Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tonto Village is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonto Village
- Whispering Pines
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Whispering Pines is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Wonder Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wonder Valley is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonder Valley
How Far From Fort McDonald 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 Fort McDonald to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fort McDonald and extending to:
- Globe, which is the Seat of Gila County, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fort McDonald to Globe, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 68 miles [109.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full 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 7,379 miles [11,875.3 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 8,144 miles [13,106.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,082 miles [9,788 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fort McDonald) 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 Fort McDonald 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 Fort McDonald. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2350, Longitude: -111.3482 In this case, the coordinates for Fort McDonald have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.709 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.461 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.77 degrees. |
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