Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Harshaw, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harshaw and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Harshaw
- 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 Harshaw:
- 31.467913, -110.707915
- 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 Harshaw
- 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 Santa Cruz County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Santa Cruz County
- Since Harshaw is near Cochise County and also Pima County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cochise County
- eBird sighting report for Pima 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 Harshaw ...
We found one communities that share the name Harshaw.
Within Arizona, the name Harshaw is unique.
Beyond Arizona, there is another community also named Harshaw in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harshaw ...
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.
- Bonnie Blink
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonnie Blink have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Blink
- Bonnie Blink is located in Cochise County
- Casa Blanca ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Casa Blanca. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
- Casa Blanca is located in Santa Cruz County
- Greaterville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greaterville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greaterville
- Greaterville is located in Pima County
- Kentucky Camp ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Camp
- Kentucky Camp is located in Santa Cruz County
- Kino Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kino Springs
- Kino Springs is located in Santa Cruz County
- Signal Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Signal Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Village
- Signal Village is located in Cochise County
- Sunnyside ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Sunnyside is located in Cochise County
- Trench Camp
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trench Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trench Camp
- Trench Camp is located in Santa Cruz County
How Far From Harshaw 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 Harshaw 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<4> community of Harshaw once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Harshaw and extending to:
- Nogales, which is the Seat of Santa Cruz County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Harshaw to Nogales, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 158 miles [254.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,956 miles [3,147.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 112 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,527 miles [12,113.5 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 8,288 miles [13,338.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,209 miles [9,992.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Santa Cruz County: www.co.santa-cruz.az.us/
The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Harshaw) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harshaw. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4679, Longitude: -110.7079 In this case, the coordinates for Harshaw have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Harshaw, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Harshaw to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.766 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.063 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.46 degrees. |