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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 Little Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Spring 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 Little Spring:
- 34.598636, -111.229027
- 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 Little Spring
- 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 Coconino County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coconino County
- Since Little Spring is near Gila County and also Yavapai County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gila County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yavapai 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 Little Spring
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Spring ...
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.
- Happy Jack
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Horse Crossing is located in Coconino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Crossing
- Jones Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Crossing is located in Coconino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Kinder Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kinder Crossing is located in Coconino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinder Crossing
- Long Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Long Valley is located in Coconino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Valley
- Lost Eden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lost Eden is located in Coconino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Eden
- Macks Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Macks Crossing is located in Coconino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macks Crossing
- Rock Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rock Crossing is located in Coconino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Crossing
- Whispering Pines
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Whispering Pines is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
How Far From Little Spring 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 community such as Little Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Little Spring and extending to:
- Flagstaff, which is the Seat of Coconino County, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Little Spring to Flagstaff, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 92 miles [148.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,903 miles [3,062.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 109 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,354 miles [11,835.1 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 8,119 miles [13,066.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,058 miles [9,749.4 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Little Spring) 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 Little Spring 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 Little Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5986, Longitude: -111.2290 In this case, the coordinates for Little Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.67 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.446 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.697 degrees. |
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