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 The Home Place:
33.315049, -111.878752
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.
We found four communities that share the name The Home Place.
Within Arizona, the name The Home Place is unique.
Beyond Arizona, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Indiana
Hamilton County
This The Home Place is located in Hamilton County and lies 1,491 miles [2,399.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the The Home Place that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of The Home Place.
Louisiana
Plaquemines Parish
This The Home Place is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 1,332 miles [2,143.6 km]<1> to the east of the The Home Place that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of The Home Place.
Saint Mary Parish
This The Home Place is located in Saint Mary Parish and lies 1,211 miles [1,948.9 km] to the east of the The Home Place that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary Parish community of The Home Place.
Maryland
Calvert County
This The Home Place is located in Calvert County and lies 1,997 miles [3,213.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the The Home Place that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of The Home Place.
Curious and Interesting Names Near The Home Place ...
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 (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 The Home Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in The Home Place and extending to:
Phoenix, which is the Seat of Maricopa County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from The Home Place to Phoenix, with an average speed<3> 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 14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,969 miles [3,168.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,450 miles [11,989.6 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 8,214 miles [13,219.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,151 miles [9,899.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- The Home Place) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in The Home Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3150, Longitude: -111.8788 In this case, the coordinates for The Home Place 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>
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 The Home Place to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.985 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.71 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.07 degrees.