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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 Hard Rocks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hard Rocks 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 Hard Rocks:
- 36.078334, -110.439023
- 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 Hard Rocks
- 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 Navajo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Navajo County
- Since Hard Rocks is near Apache County and also Coconino County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Apache County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coconino 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 Hard Rocks
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hard Rocks ...
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.
- Coal Mine Mesa ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Coal Mine Mesa is located in Coconino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Mine Mesa
- Cottonwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cottonwood is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- First Mesa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- First Mesa is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Mesa
- Low Mountain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Low Mountain is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Mountain
- Pink Arrow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pink Arrow is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink Arrow
- Second Mesa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Smoke Signal
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Smoke Signal is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Signal
How Far From Hard Rocks to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hard Rocks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hard Rocks and extending to:
- Holbrook, which is the Seat of Navajo County, lies 82 miles [132 km]<2> to the south. If you could drive a straight line from Hard Rocks to Holbrook, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 203 miles [326.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,830 miles [2,945.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 104 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,243 miles [11,656.5 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 8,009 miles [12,889.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,950 miles [9,575.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hard Rocks) 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 Hard Rocks 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 Hard Rocks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0783, Longitude: -110.4390 In this case, the coordinates for Hard Rocks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.26 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.092 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.218 degrees. |
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