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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 Guthrie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Guthrie 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 Guthrie:
    • 32.946092, -109.249159
    • 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 Guthrie
  • 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 Greenlee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenlee County
    • Since Guthrie is near Grant County and also Graham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Graham 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 Guthrie

Communities Also Named Guthrie ...

We found eighteen communities that are also named Guthrie.

Within Arizona, the name Guthrie is unique.

Beyond Arizona, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Ford County
      • This Guthrie is located in Ford County and lies 1,266 miles [2,037.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Guthrie that is located in Greenlee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ford County community of Guthrie.
    • Indiana
      • Lawrence County
      • This Guthrie is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,333 miles [2,145.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Guthrie that is located in Greenlee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Guthrie.
    • Kentucky
      • Todd County
      • This Guthrie is located in Todd County and lies 1,274 miles [2,050.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Guthrie that is located in Greenlee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Todd County community of Guthrie.
    • Louisiana
      • Ouachita Parish
      • This Guthrie is located in Ouachita Parish and lies 998 miles [1,606.1 km]<1> to the east of the Guthrie that is located in Greenlee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita Parish community of Guthrie.
      • Saint Tammany Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Guthrie [Saint Tammany Parish].
    • Michigan
      • Washtenaw County
      • This Guthrie is located in Washtenaw County and lies 1,513 miles [2,434.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Guthrie that is located in Greenlee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washtenaw County community of Guthrie.
    • Minnesota
      • Hubbard County
      • This Guthrie is located in Hubbard County and lies 1,246 miles [2,005.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Guthrie that is located in Greenlee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hubbard County community of Guthrie.
    • Missouri
      • Callaway County
      • This Guthrie is located in Callaway County and lies 1,038 miles [1,670.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Guthrie that is located in Greenlee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Callaway County community of Guthrie.
    • North Carolina
      • Forsyth County
      • This Guthrie is located in Forsyth County and lies 1,663 miles [2,676.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Guthrie that is located in Greenlee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Guthrie.
    • North Dakota
      • McHenry County
      • This Guthrie is located in McHenry County and lies 1,137 miles [1,829.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Guthrie that is located in Greenlee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McHenry County community of Guthrie.
    • Ohio
      • Franklin County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Franklin County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Guthrie.
      • Lawrence County
      • This Guthrie is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,550 miles [2,494.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Guthrie that is located in Greenlee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Guthrie.
    • Oklahoma
      • Logan County
      • This Guthrie is located in Logan County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Guthrie that is located in Greenlee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Guthrie.
    • Ontario
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Quebec
      • This Guthrie lies 2,098 miles [3,376.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Guthrie that is located in Greenlee County.
    • Texas
      • King County
      • This Guthrie is located in King County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<1> to the east of the Guthrie that is located in Greenlee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Guthrie.
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha County
      • This Guthrie is located in Kanawha County and lies 1,586 miles [2,552.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Guthrie that is located in Greenlee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Guthrie.
    • Wisconsin
      • Waukesha County
      • This Guthrie is located in Waukesha County and lies 1,331 miles [2,142 km]<1> to the northeast of the Guthrie that is located in Greenlee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waukesha County community of Guthrie.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Guthrie ...

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.

  • Fox
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Fox is located in Greenlee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
  • Franklin
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Mule Creek
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Plantsite
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Plantsite is located in Greenlee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantsite
  • Spur Cross
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Spur Cross is located in Greenlee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spur Cross
  • Stargo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Stargo is located in Greenlee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stargo
  • Steeplerock ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Steeplerock is located in Grant County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplerock
  • Three Way
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Three Way is located in Greenlee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Way

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

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

  • Clifton, which is the Seat of Greenlee County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Guthrie to Phoenix, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,837 miles [2,956.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> 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).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,157 miles [13,127.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,076 miles [9,778.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Guthrie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Guthrie 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.
<3>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 Guthrie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Guthrie 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 Guthrie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9461, Longitude: -109.2492       In this case, the coordinates for Guthrie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.888 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.146 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.683 degrees.