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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 Golden Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Golden Valley and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Golden Valley:
    • 35.221929, -114.214001
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Golden Valley
  • 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 Mohave County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • eBird sighting report for Mohave County
    • Since Golden Valley is near Clark County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
    • eBird sighting report for Clark 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Golden Valley ...

We found six communities that share the name Golden Valley.

Within Arizona, the name Golden Valley is unique.

Beyond Arizona, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Golden Valley [Los Angeles County].
    • Minnesota
      • Hennepin County
      • This Golden Valley is located in Hennepin County and lies 1,285 miles [2,068 km]<2> to the northeast of the Golden Valley that is located in Mohave County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hennepin County community of Golden Valley.
    • Nevada
      • Washoe County
      • This Golden Valley is located in Washoe County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Golden Valley that is located in Mohave County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washoe County community of Golden Valley.
    • North Carolina
      • Rutherford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Golden Valley [Rutherford County].
    • North Dakota
      • Mercer County
      • This Golden Valley is located in Mercer County and lies 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Golden Valley that is located in Mohave County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Golden Valley.
    • Ontario
      • This Golden Valley lies 1,926 miles [3,099.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Golden Valley that is located in Mohave County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Golden Valley ...

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.

  • Berry
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry
    • Berry is located in Mohave County
  • Butler
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
    • Butler is located in Mohave County
  • Chloride
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Grasshopper Junction
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Harris ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harris. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
    • Harris is located in Mohave County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Harris
    • From Golden Valley to Harris
  • Hilltop
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilltop have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
    • Hilltop is located in Mohave County
  • Kingman
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Mineral Park ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Santa Claus ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

How Far From Golden Valley 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 Golden Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Golden Valley and extending to:

  • Kingman, which is the Seat of Mohave County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Golden Valley to Kingman, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 172 miles [276.8 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 2,049 miles [3,297.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 117 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,396 miles [11,902.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,164 miles [13,138.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,127 miles [9,860.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Golden Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Mohave County: www.co.mohave.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Golden Valley could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<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- Golden Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Golden Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2219, Longitude: -114.2140    
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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.
<7>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 Golden Valley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.12 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.449 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.334 degrees.




 

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