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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 Long Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Valley and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Long Valley:
    • 34.520859, -111.329583
    • 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 Long Valley
  • 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 Long Valley 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 Long Valley

Communities Also Named Long Valley ...

We found six communities that are also named Long Valley.

Within Arizona, the name Long Valley is unique.

Beyond Arizona, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Lassen 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 California community of Long Valley [Lassen County].
    • Nevada
      • Storey County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Storey County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Storey County community of Long Valley.
      • Washoe County
      • This community is historic and although located in Washoe County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washoe County community of Long Valley.
    • New Jersey
      • Morris County
      • This Long Valley is located in Morris County and lies 2,028 miles [3,263.7 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Long Valley that is located in Coconino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Long Valley.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bradford County
      • This Long Valley is located in Bradford County and lies 1,938 miles [3,118.9 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Long Valley that is located in Coconino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Long Valley.
    • South Dakota
      • Jackson County
      • This Long Valley is located in Jackson County and lies 811 miles [1,305.2 km]<3> to the northeast of the Long Valley that is located in Coconino County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Long Valley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Valley ...

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.

  • Horse Crossing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Horse Crossing is located in Coconino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Crossing
  • Jones Crossing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jones Crossing is located in Coconino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
  • Kinder Crossing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Kinder Crossing is located in Coconino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinder Crossing
  • Little Spring
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Little Spring is located in Coconino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Spring
  • Lost Eden
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lost Eden is located in Coconino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Eden
  • Rock Crossing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Rock Crossing is located in Coconino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Crossing
  • Strawberry
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Whispering Pines
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Whispering Pines is located in Gila County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines

How Far From Long Valley 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 Long Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Long Valley and extending to:

  • Flagstaff, which is the Seat of Coconino County, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<3> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Long Valley to Flagstaff, with an average speed<5> 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 most of two days.
  • Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 85 miles [136.8 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 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,910 miles [3,073.8 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,362 miles [11,848 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,127 miles [13,079.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,066 miles [9,762.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Long Valley 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>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 Long Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Long Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Long Valley 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 Long Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5209, Longitude: -111.3296       In this case, the coordinates for Long Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.737 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.52 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.753 degrees.