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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 Gleeson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gleeson 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 Gleeson:
- 31.732502, -109.829444
- 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 Gleeson
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cochise 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 Gleeson
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gleeson ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Black Diamond is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
- Contention City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Double Adobe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Escalante Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Escalante Crossing is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalante Crossing
- Galena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Galena is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Kansas Settlement
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Kansas Settlement is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Settlement
- Lewis Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis Springs is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Springs
- Tintown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tintown is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tintown
- Tombstone
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
How Far From Gleeson 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 Gleeson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Gleeson once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Gleeson and extending to:
- Bisbee, which is the Seat of Cochise County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Gleeson to Bisbee, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 176 miles [283.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,901 miles [3,059.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 108 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,485 miles [12,045.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,245 miles [13,269 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,162 miles [9,916.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Gleeson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Gleeson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Gleeson 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 Gleeson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7325, Longitude: -109.8294 In this case, the coordinates for Gleeson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.133 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.322 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.002 degrees. |
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