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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 Higley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Higley 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 Higley:
- 33.306930, -111.721131
- 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 Higley
- 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 Maricopa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Maricopa County
- Since Higley is near Pinal County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pinal 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 Higley
Communities Also Named Higley ...
We found one communities that are also named Higley.
Within Arizona, the name Higley is unique.
Beyond Arizona, there is another community also named Higley in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Lake 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 Florida community of Higley [Lake County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Higley ...
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.
- Cedar Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cedar Ridge is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
- Fountain of the Sun
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fountain of the Sun is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain of the Sun
- Fuller Ranch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fuller Ranch is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller Ranch
- Gilbert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Greenfield Park is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Park
- Kingsgate
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsgate is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
- Leisure World
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Leisure World is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure World
- Lemontree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lemontree is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemontree
- Queen Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Royal Palm Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Royal Palm Village is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palm Village
- Stonegate Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Stonegate Crossing is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate Crossing
- Summer Mesa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Summer Mesa is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Mesa
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Suntrails
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Suntrails is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suntrails
- Suntree
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Suntree is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suntree
- Sunview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sunview is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunview
- Woodside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodside is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
How Far From Higley 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 Higley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Higley and extending to:
- Phoenix, which is the Seat of Maricopa County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Higley to Phoenix, 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 22 miles [35.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,960 miles [3,154.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 112 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,446 miles [11,983.2 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 8,210 miles [13,212.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,145 miles [9,889.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Higley 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Higley) 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 Higley 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 Higley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3069, Longitude: -111.7211 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.86 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.558 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.985 degrees. |
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