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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 Laguna:
32.587288, -111.629289
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We found nine communities that share the name Laguna.
There is one other community in Arizona which is also named Laguna.
Beyond Arizona, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Arizona ...
Yuma County
This Laguna is located in Yuma County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the west of the Laguna that is located in Pinal County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yuma County community of Laguna.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Los Angeles County
This Laguna is located in Los Angeles County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Laguna that is located in Pinal County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Laguna.
Sacramento County
This Laguna is located in Sacramento County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km] to the northwest of the Laguna that is located in Pinal County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Laguna.
San Diego County
This community is historic<2> and although located in San Diego County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Laguna.
San Luis Obispo County
This Laguna is located in San Luis Obispo County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km] to the west northwest of the Laguna that is located in Pinal County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Luis Obispo County community of Laguna.
New Mexico
Cibola County
This Laguna is located in Cibola County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Laguna that is located in Pinal County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cibola County community of Laguna.
Valencia County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Laguna [Valencia County].
Texas
Uvalde County
This Laguna is located in Uvalde County and lies 721 miles [1,160.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Laguna that is located in Pinal County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Uvalde County community of Laguna.
Utah
Utah County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Laguna [Utah County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Laguna ...
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.
Eleven Mile Corner (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
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 Laguna to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Laguna and extending to:
Florence, which is the Seat of Pinal County, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Laguna to Florence, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 64 miles [103 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,974 miles [3,176.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 113 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,487 miles [12,049.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,250 miles [13,277.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,181 miles [9,947.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
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- Laguna) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Laguna. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5873, Longitude: -111.6293 In this case, the coordinates for Laguna have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Laguna, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Laguna 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.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
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.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 Laguna to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.673 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.266 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.942 degrees.