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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 Lake Havasu City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Havasu City 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 Lake Havasu City:
- 34.483890, -114.333476
- 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 Lake Havasu City
- 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 Mohave County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mohave County
- Since Lake Havasu City is near San Bernardino County and also La Paz County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Bernardino County
- Open the eBird sighting report for La Paz 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 Lake Havasu City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Havasu City ...
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.
- Big River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bluewater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bluewater is located in San Bernardino County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewater
- Catfish Paradise
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Catfish Paradise is located in Mohave County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish Paradise
- Cross Roads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cross Roads is located in San Bernardino County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Desert Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Desert Hills is located in Mohave County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Hills
- Fivemile Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Parker Strip
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Parker Strip is located in La Paz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Strip
- Tin Shack ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tin Shack is located in San Bernardino County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Shack
How Far From Lake Havasu City 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 city such as Lake Havasu City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lake Havasu City and extending to:
- Kingman, which is the Seat of Mohave County, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lake Havasu City to Kingman, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,072 miles [3,334.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 118 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,444 miles [11,980 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 8,212 miles [13,215.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,172 miles [9,932.9 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 '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- Lake Havasu City) 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 Lake Havasu City 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 Lake Havasu City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4839, Longitude: -114.3335 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.11 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.379 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.408 degrees. |
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