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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 Lower Miami, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lower Miami 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 Lower Miami:
- 33.406722, -110.855667
- 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 Lower Miami
- 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 Gila County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gila County
- Since Lower Miami is near Pinal County and also Maricopa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pinal County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Maricopa 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 Lower Miami
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lower Miami ...
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.
- Claypool
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Copper Hill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Copper Hill is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hill
- Cutter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cutter is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutter
- Globe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Inspiration
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Inspiration is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inspiration
- Radium
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Radium is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Silver King ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Silver King is located in Pinal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver King
- Top-of-the-World
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Top-of-the-World is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top-of-the-World
How Far From Lower Miami to ...
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 Lower Miami to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lower Miami and extending to:
- Globe, which is the Seat of Gila County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Lower Miami to Phoenix, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take three full days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,911 miles [3,075.5 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 7,415 miles [11,933.3 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 8,179 miles [13,162.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,109 miles [9,831.5 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lower Miami) 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 Lower Miami 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 Lower Miami. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4067, Longitude: -110.8557 In this case, the coordinates for Lower Miami have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.199 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.771 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.521 degrees. |
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